Recipe: Oishi Easy Italian pasta bake For Vegan's Friend

Easy Italian pasta bake.

You can Cook Easy Italian pasta bake using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy Italian pasta bake

1. Lets Go Prepare 300 gr of pasta.
2. Lets Go Prepare of Grana Padano cheese.
3. Lets Go Prepare of Tomato passata.
4. Lets Go Prepare of Olive oil.
5. It's leaves of Basil.
6. It's of For the beschamel.
7. Lets Go Prepare 500 ml of whole milk.
8. Lets Go Prepare 50 gr of unsalted butter.
9. Lets Go Prepare 50 gr of all-purpose flour.
10. What You needis of Salt.

Easy Italian pasta bake instructions

1. Cook the pasta in salted boiling water until almost fully cooked (it will complete to cook in the oven).
2. In the meantime, prepare the bechamel sauce. Warm up the milk, then melt the butter into a saucepan, and add the flour to it, mixing it together. When smooth, start adding the milk and mix until there are no clumps left. On medium heat, add salt to taste and keep stirring until the sauce thickens. Turn off the heat and set aside..
3. Drain the pasta, then put it back into its pan on medium heat. Add the tomato passata (as much as you prefer) and the olive oil (about 3 tablespoons). Stir everything well for a few minutes, then turn off the heat..
4. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
5. Grab a loafpan, and begin making layers (they should be only 2). Start with a layer of pasta, then bechamel sauce, then repeat. The last layer has to be bechamel. Put a couple handfuls of grated grana padano cheese on top, then add some basil leaves..
6. Now that you assembled everything, put the loafpan into the oven for about 20/30 minutes or until the cheese on top becomes golden and crispy..
7. You made it! I hope you like my recipe, buon appetito! :).