Penne Pasta Pie

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Mommy loves to cook pasta, especially during the weekends, either for snack or dinner. I had to admit, I am not good in making spaghetti.

Last Sunday, since Mommy had some tasks to do upstairs, I made the spaghetti.

Penne Pasta Pie

I used penne pasta instead of the spaghetti. To give more twist, I made it like a cake by placing every piece of pasta upwards in a spring-form pan and baked it the lasagna way.

Doing this needs a lot of patience and needs to ensure that the “cake” will not sag.

Penne Pasta Pie

PENNE PASTA PIE

INGREDIENTS:

500 grams Penne Pasta, cooked according to package direction

1 cup cheddar cheese, grated

For the meat sauce:

1 pouch (250 g) UFC Filipino Style Spaghetti Sauce

1 pouch (200 g) UFC Filipino Syle Tomato Sauce

250 grams ground pork or beef

4-5 pieces hotdogs, diced

½ cup red bell pepper, chopped

1 cup sliced mushroom

1 medium-sized onion

Salt and pepper to taste

For the cream sauce:

¼ cup butter

2 tbsp cooking oil

½ cup all-purpose flour

½ cup evaporated milk

½ cup all-purpose cream

½ cup cheddar cheese, grated

Additional grated quick-melt cheese for toppings

DIRECTION:

Toss the cooked pasta in oil and cheddar cheese. Set aside.

Prepare the spaghetti sauce: 

Saute onion, ground pork or beef until meat turned brown.

Add hotdogs, bell pepper, and mushroom. Simmer for 3-5 minutes.

Add spaghetti and tomato sauce.

Add 1 cup of pasta broth (water where the pasta is cooked). Simmer for 5 minutes.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Remove from heat and set aside.

Prepare the cream sauce:

Melt butter with cooking oil in a saucepan.

Add flour until formed a paste-like consistency.

Add evaporated milk, cheddar cheese, and all-purpose cream, simmer until thickens. Set aside.

Grease a spring-form pan with oil.

Fill the pan with penne pasta arranged in upward or vertical position.

Spread the cheesy sauce on top followed by spaghetti sauce.

Top with grated quick-melt cheese and bake in a pre-heated oven at 175ºC until the cheese melts and turns golden brown.

Remove from oven.

Remove the sidings of the spring-form pan before serving.