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Karen Martini’s baked farfalle with tuna, silverbeet, stracciatella and peas.

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Creamy, cheesy, crispy-edged goodness: 20 ace pasta bakes (and not a lasagne in sight)

Baked pasta is such a midweek hero, so make like Karen Martini and sneak some vegies in to make it a more complete meal, without skimping on the comfort factor.

20 recipes
RecipeTin Eats’ chicken Alfredo pasta bake.
EASY

Chicken and mushroom Alfredo pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Adam Liaw’s clean-the-fridge pasta bake. Styling by Hannah Meppem.
EASY

Clean-the-fridge pasta bake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Swap the standard spag bol for this showstopping pasta pie.

RecipeTin Eats’ torta di rigatoni (upright pasta pie)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • RecipeTin Eats
Karen Martini’s baked farfalle with tuna, silverbeet, stracciatella and peas.
EASY

Pasta bake with tuna, silverbeet, stracciatella cheese and peas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Many tortellini fillings would work in this rustic pasta bake.
EASY

Sausage, kale and tortellini pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Many mushroom pasta bake.

Many mushroom cannelloni pasta bake with white wine bechamel

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Put down the cannelloni shells and freestyle with this free-form puttanesca pasta bake.

Puttanesca pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's ziti, three-cheese pasta bake.
EASY

Three-cheese ziti pasta bake with salami

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's Penne al forno
EASY

Neil Perry’s penne al forno with sausage

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Crispy pasta nests with chickpeas and kale.
EASY

Katrina Meynink's one-pan tagliatelle with chickpeas, greens and lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This stroganoff-inspired pasta bake skips the beef.

Vegetarian stroganoff pasta bake with mushroom and spinach

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Pasta shells with pork ragu and parmesan cream.

Pasta shells with pork ragu and parmesan cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Karen Martini makes macaroni cheese even cosier.
EASY

Karen Martini’s mac and cheese-style baked gnocchi

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Pasta bake meets cheeseburger - with extra pickles.

Cheeseburger gnocchi bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
There's no need to individually fill the shells in this rustic pasta bake.
EASY

Pasta shells with spicy tomato, kale, almonds and ricotta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Parmigiana pasta bake with cauliflower balls.

Cauliflower parmigiana pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Beat the cold snap with fluffy gnocchi alla sorrentina.

Emiko Davies’ gnocchi alla sorrentina (with tomato and mozzarella)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emiko Davies
Jamie Oliver's butternut pumpkin and spinach pasta rotolo.

Jamie Oliver’s pumpkin and spinach pasta rotolo

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jamie Oliver
Karen Martini's golden tubetti pasta bake with tuna.
EASY

Golden tubetti with cauliflower and tuna

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Massimo Bottura's parmigiana pasta bake.

Massimo Bottura’s eggplant parmigiana pasta bake

  • Massimo Bottura

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