Vegetable pasta bake recipe

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Vegetable pasta bake recipe

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Switch up your midweek cooking with a delicious Italian-style pasta bake, full of vibrant veggies and deliciously melty mozzarella. This healthy family feast is lovely served with a fresh salad.
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Switch up your midweek cooking with a delicious Italian-style pasta bake, full of vibrant veggies and deliciously melty mozzarella. This healthy family feast is lovely served with a fresh salad.
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45MIN

Total time

Ingredients

Servings
4
2 tbsp
M&S extra virgin olive oil
1
aubergine
cut into 1cm cubes
4 cloves
M&S Remarksable Value garlic, finely sliced
2 tins
(800 g)
M&S Italian chopped tomatoes
1 bunch
(25 g)
basil, leaves picked
stalks chopped
300 g
wholewheat penne
250 g
M&S British vine tomatoes
80 g
spinach
125 g
Italian mozzarella
torn into small pieces
or lighter mozzarella
1 bag
(120 g)
M&S rose verde salad
to serve

Nutrition per serving

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Calories
597kcal
Fat
16.3 g
Saturates
5.4 g
Sugars
17.6 g
Salt
670.0 mg
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step 1
Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6.
step 2
Heat the olive oil (2 tbsp) in a large saucepan on a medium heat and fry the aubergine (1) for 3-5 minutes until they take on some colour. Add the garlic (4 cloves), cooking for a further 2 minutes.
step 3
Next, add the chopped tomatoes (2 tins) and the stalks from the basil (1 bunch), season generously with salt and pepper and cook, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes until you have a thick sauce.
step 4
While the sauce is simmering, cook the pasta (300 g) for 1 minute less than the packet instructions in a large pan of boiling salted water.
step 5
Remove the tomatoes (250 g) from the vine, add half of the pack to the sauce whole, then stir in the spinach (80 g) and most of the basil leaves, saving a little to garnish.
step 6
Mix the cooked pasta into the sauce, transfer to an ovenproof dish, sprinkle over the torn mozzarella (125 g) and bake for 15 minutes until golden and bubbly.
step 7
Scatter the remaining basil leaves on top of the pasta, then serve with the remaining tomatoes and salad (1 bag).
step 7 Scatter the remaining basil leaves on top of the pasta, then serve with the remaining tomatoes and salad (1 bag).

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