# @carochambers on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRdSWEzEtN7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/38495874-carochambers-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-24T23:27:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** caroline chambers (@carochambers) — https://gondola.cc/carochambers

## Caption

The night before Thanksgiving is the ULTIMATE Pasta Night -- join me and make it with raoshomemade #RaosPartner. You can make this up to 3 days in advance, then bake when ready to eat! 

SAUSAGE & MUSHROOM BAKED PENNE

Ingredients:
1 pound Rao's Homemade Penne Rigate
1 (32 ounce) jar Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce
1-pound Italian sausage (mild or hot)
16 ounces mushrooms, sliced
Extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt
1 large onion, diced
8 ounces (2 cups) shredded mozzarella cheese
¼ cup grated Parm, plus more for serving

Preheat the oven to 375°F (if baking tonight– you can assemble up to step 5 up to 3 days in advance and keep refrigerated). Cook Rao's Homemade Penne Rigate in salted boiling water until just al dente (about 2 minutes less than package directions). Drain.

In a large oven-safe Dutch oven, remove sausage from casings and brown over medium-high heat, breaking into crumbles, 5 to 7 minutes.

If there isn’t a lot of fat in the pot, add a big glug of oil before adding the sliced mushrooms and diced onion directly to the sausage. Sauté until mushrooms release their liquid and onions are softened, 8 to 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow it to cool completely if you aren’t baking until later or go ahead with the recipe if you’re baking it to eat now.

Stir in the cooked pasta, Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce, and 1 cup of the mozzarella until combined.

Top with remaining 1 cup mozzarella and ¼ cup grated Parm.

Cover with lid (or foil if no lid) and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the lid and bake for another 10 minutes until the cheese is bubbly and golden.

Let rest for 5 minutes before serving.

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