Baked Spaghetti
An easy and favorite baked spaghetti recipe using the summer canned marinara sauce!
Equipment
- 1 dutch oven
- Stove
- 1 9 x 13 baker
- 1 cheese grater if not purchasing cheese grated
- 1 colander
Ingredients
- 1 pkg angel hair pasta, cooked
- 2 T butter
- 5-6 C marinara sauce
- 1 C parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 1 C mozzarella cheese grated
- 1 C other cheeses- Italian or cheddar- optional
- fresh herbs, if desired- oregano, parsley, rosemary, or thyme
Instructions
- Bring salted water to a boil in a Dutch oven and add angel hair pasta.
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Cook according to package directions - 4 minutes- and drain in a colander.
- Pour pasta back into Dutch oven and stir in butter until it melts.
- Mix in marinara sauce and pour into a greased 9 x 13 baking dish.
- Top with parmesan cheese or and Italian cheese mixture and bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until cheese has melted and browned a little.TIP: I grate fresh parmesan for this recipe...but, a package of grated parmesan instead of the can provides better results.
- Serves 6-8, depending on serving sizes.
- Serve immediately with fresh baked garlic bread! Enjoy!
Notes
If you don't have home canned marinara sauce, feel free to use your own favorite sauce for this recipe.
This is simply our favorite way to have the marinara from my pantry that I have canned.
TIP: If you are using a purchased canned marinara, you might want to add fresh herbs and seasonings to make it more flavorful.
TIP: Feel free to add your favorite cheese in addition to parmesan and mozzarella.
This recipe is a crowd pleaser for little ones and big ones. Even the little ones ask for seconds of this recipe.
There are NEVER leftovers!