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Easy Sausage Pasta Bake with Tomato Sauce and Cheese Topping

This easy sausage pasta bake is made with juicy chunks of sausage, a rich tomato sauce, and a layer of melted cheese baked until golden and bubbling. It’s a simple, comforting dinner that’s perfect for busy weeknights but still feels like a proper home-cooked meal.
Adding sausages gives this tomato and cheese pasta bake texture and flavour. Cooking the sausages first adds depth to the tomato sauce, before baking to create that irresistible cheesy topping.
It’s also ideal for batch cooking. Make it ahead, freeze leftovers, or reheat the next day for an easy meal with no fuss.
Prep Time15 minutes
Active Time35 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Comfort Food, Dinner, Family Meal, Main Course, Pasta, Weeknight Dinner
Cuisine: English, Family Cooking
Keyword: British sausage pasta bake, budget pasta bake, cheesy sausage pasta bake, comfort food pasta bake, easy sausage pasta bake, easy weeknight dinner, family pasta bake, pasta bake with sausage, sausage and pasta bake, sausage and tomato pasta, sausage casserole pasta bake, sausage pasta bake, sausage pasta bake with cheese, sausage tomato pasta bake, sausage tray bake pasta
Yield: 6 Servings
Calories: 767kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 6 Sausages any type
  • 500 g Pasta we use fusilli
  • 1 large Onion
  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • 250 g Mushrooms
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • Splash Balsamic Vinegar
  • 500 g Passata
  • 400 g Chopped Tomato (tin)
  • 100 g Tomato Puree
  • 1 Knorr Beef Stock Pot
  • 165 g Sweetcorn (tin) optional
  • 1 tablespoon Italian Seasoning
  • Salt and Pepper season to your preference
  • 250 g Cheese to your preferece
  • ½ teaspoon Truffle Seasoning Optional

Instructions

  • Cook 6 Sausages to packet instructions. We done ours in the airfryer.
    Dice 1 large Onion, finely chop 3 cloves Garlic and slice 250 g Mushrooms.
    Six cooked sausages in an air fryer tray
  • Add 1 tablespoon Olive Oil into a large pan add the onions, mushrooms and garlic. Sautee on medium heat for 8 minutes.
    Chopped onion, sliced mushrooms and garlic in a pan cooking
  • Add a Splash Balsamic Vinegar to the softened onion and mushrooms.
    Cooked onion, mushrooms and garlic in a pan
  • Add 500 g Passata, 400 g Chopped Tomato, 100 g Tomato Puree, 1 Knorr Beef Stock Pot (no need to add water). Stir through.
    Chopped tomatoes, tomato puree and beef stock added to the tomato sauce
  • Chop the sausages and add to the sauce.
    Adding chopped sausages to the tomato sauce
  • Add 165 g Sweetcorn (optional), 1 tablespoon Italian Seasoning and season with Salt and Pepper stir in. Turn down to a simmer allow the sauce to thicken and the sauce to soak into the sausages. whilst pasta cooks.
    Sweetcorn and Italian mixed herbs added to the tomato sauce
  • Bring a large pot of water to the boil and add 500 g Pasta cook for 10 minutes. Turn the oven on at 200℃ Fan
    Pasta cooking in boiling water
  • Drain the pasta.
    Cooked pasta in a sieve
  • Transfer sauce into a large oven safe dish or a deep baking tray.
    Pouring Sausage and Tomato Pasta sauce into a oven baking tray
  • Add the drained pasta.
    Pouring cooked pasta into sausage pasta bake tomato sauce
  • Stir together well.
    Mixing the cooked pasta with sausage tomato sauce together
  • Pat down with spatula to make flat surface on top.
    Sausage Pasta Bake in a oven tray
  • Top with 250 g Cheese.
    Putting grated cheese on top of the sausage pasta bake
  • We like to sprinkle about ½ teaspoon Truffle Seasoning for extra flavour but that's optional
    A jar of Sabatino Truffle zest seasoning
  • Place in the preheated 200℃ fan oven and cook for 15 minutes.
    Sausage Pasta Bake with grated cheese on top going in the oven to cook
  • Its ready when the cheese has melted.
    Cheesy Sausage Pasta Bake coming out of the oven
  • Serve and enjoy!
    Putting sausage pasta bake with melted cheese on top onto a plate with salad on the side coated in balsamic vinegar

Nutrition

Calories: 767kcal | Carbohydrates: 86g | Protein: 43g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 123mg | Sodium: 1284mg | Potassium: 1313mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1178IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 385mg | Iron: 6mg