Spaghetti Tray Bake – Baked Sausage Pasta Recipe – it’ll change your life!

My spaghetti tray bake – a baked sausage pasta recipe is AMAZING! OK, I know this doesn’t sound very modest, but it’s really good and has totally changed the way we make family spaghetti.

Baked sausage pasta recipe (spaghetti tray bake) is life changing! 🙂 The spaghetti goes into the tray bake raw (that’s right, uncooked) and 30 minutes later you have a delicious meal!

I may be coming across a little excited by my baked sausage pasta recipe, but I should clarify, firstly, we use sausage meat, so it isn’t topped with huge sausages, we just squeeze out the meat in chunks and dot it over the top. Secondly, it’s really a spaghetti tray bake – BUT the life changing bit is everything goes into the tray RAW.

That’s right, the onions, garlic, sauce, spaghetti, yes, I said the spaghetti all goes into the tray uncooked, you pour in the right quantity of stock and sauce and boom! 30 minutes later you have a delicious, perfectly cooked meal.

We made my baked sausage pasta recipe on one of our live cookalongs topped with chunks of sausage meat but you can use meatballs, fish fillets or top with lots of vegetables for a vegan spaghetti tray bake alternative

SERVES 4 

NOTE: the key to this spaghetti tray bake recipe is for the tray you cook it in to be the right size; you want one that *just* fits the spaghetti / pasta so it fills the bottom of the tray nice and snug. My tray is about 10 inches by 8.

Serving Suggestion:

• Bread for the sauce of course!

What you need:

• Baking tray (just big enough to fit the pasta in)
• Oven – preheated 200c FAN
• Measuring jug

Ingredients:

• 300g spaghetti (or other pasta – UNCOOKED)
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, sliced
• 4 tbsp oil
• 1 cup/250ml passata / or tinned chopped tomatoes
• 650ml stock/water + a splash
• 2 tbsp tomato puree (or ketchup at a push!)
• 6 sausages – or swap for fish/seafood or chopped veg for vegan option
• OPTIONAL – basil for garnish
• OPTIONAL – cheese to top at the end

Spaghetti Tray Bake - Baked Sausage Pasta Recipe

11th May 2020

Servings: 4

Prep: 5 min

Cook: 30 min

Total: 35 min

Difficulty: easy

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Spaghetti Tray Bake this Baked Sausage Pasta Recipe is so easy, everything goes in raw and is cooked at the same time in one tray!

By: Theo

Ingredients

• 300g spaghetti (or other pasta)
• 1 onion, sliced
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
• 2 cloves garlic, sliced
• 4 tbsp oil
• 1 cup/250ml passata / or tinned chopped tomatoes
• 650ml stock/water + a splash
• 6 sausages
• (or swap for fish/seafood or chopped veg for vegan)
• Fresh ripped basil for garnish
• Few shavings of parmesan cheese

Directions

• Step 1 Oven – preheated 200c FAN
• Step 2 High sided roasting tray 10x8inches
• Step 3 The key to this recipe is for the tray you cook it in to be the right size
• Step 4 you want one that *just* fits the spaghetti / pasta so it fills the bottom of the tray nice and snug.
• Step 5 Place the spaghetti into the roasting tray and pour over the olive oil ensuring the pasta is well coated.
• Step 6 Scatter over the onions and garlic.
• Step 7 Pour over the passata spreading across the pasta then top with the stock and tomato puree. The stock should cover the pasta.
• Step 8 Season with salt and pepper and then squeeze out the sausagemeat over the top of the pasta in bite size chunks.
• Step 9 Pop into the pre-heated oven for 30 minutes, then remove and let rest for five minutes. Garnish with cheese shavings and basil.
• Step 10 Done! You’ll never cook pasta the same way again!