Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, easy italian pasta bake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy Italian pasta bake is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Easy Italian pasta bake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook easy italian pasta bake using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Italian pasta bake:

1. Make ready 300 gr pasta
2. Take Grana Padano cheese
3. Make ready Tomato passata
4. Get Olive oil
5. Get leaves Basil
6. Get For the beschamel
7. Take 500 ml whole milk
8. Get 50 gr unsalted butter
9. Make ready 50 gr all-purpose flour
10. Take Salt

Instructions to make Easy Italian pasta bake:

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! :)

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