Effortless Pasta Bake

Name: Effortless Pasta Bake
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 3 cups cherry tomatoes; 1/2 cup olive oil; 6 garlic cloves, chopped; 3 tablespoons italian seasoning; 1 lb. short cut pasta, orzo or macaroni; 1/2 cup pitted Kalamata olives, roughly chopped; 1/2 cup chopped basil; 2-3 tablespoons sliced pepperoncini; 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese; 4 ounces sliced peperoni; 2 bell peppers, any color, thinly sliced

5 steps

Updated at: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:09:35 GMT

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Ingredients

8 servings

3 cupscherry tomatoes

½ cupolive oil

6garlic cloves

chopped

3 tablespoonsitalian seasoning

1 lbshort cut pasta

orzo or macaroni

½ cuppitted kalamata olives

roughly chopped

½ cupbasil

chopped

2 tablespoonspepperoncini

sliced

2 cupsshredded mozzarella cheese

4 ouncessliced peperoni

2bell peppers

any color, thinly sliced

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 F

Step 2

In a 9x13 inch baking dish, combine the cherry tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, italian seasoning, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes. Bake until the tomatoes begin to burst, about 10 minutes.

Step 3

Pull pan out of the oven (leave oven on) add the pasta, olives, basil, and pepperoncini. Pour in 2 cups of water and stir to combine. Top with the mozzarella, pepperoni, and bell peppers.

Step 4

Return to the oven to bake, until the sauce is bubbling and the cheese is melted, 35 minutes more.

Step 5

Top with lots of fresh basil and serve family style.