Baked Sausage Pasta - The Best and Easiest Baked Pasta You'll Ever Have

Today we're making a delicious and really easy baked penne with Italian sausage recipe. The sauce comes together quickly and the pasta bakes in only 20-25 minutes. I hope you enjoy it!
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[@SipandFeast]

You can always find the print recipe (link to my website or written out if not yet available) in the description above. Hope you enjoy this simple baked pasta recipe!

[@corpsefoot758]

I just had a quick stupid question, since I can’t find any butchers near my house who offer Italian sausage which falls within our religious guidelines: would another type of (home-made) meat work for this dish at all? Something like ground beef Bolognese-style, with the veggie mirepoix etc.?

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Hello,my friend again I'm going keep saying how good u cook I make this dish With one difference I use plain and hot sausage Thank you.so much

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[@faithcastillo9597]

Just pulled this out of the oven. That 10 minute wait is the longest. The sauce is outstanding! Update: day 3 of leftover pasta. Hubby won't let me share any. This is now my favorite go-to Italian dish. I will never order ziti from the local Italian restaurant again. This is sooo much better. Can't thank you enough for this recipe.🤗🤗🤗

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[@eartha911]

I can't wait to try this! I get my sausages from W/F too. I've discovered that buying a mix of spicy and sweet Italian sausages, and peeling the casings before mashing it up is easier in all my Italian sauces, and also my meatloaf. You guys are great. I'm always excited to see something new from you.

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[@jc2091]

Making this tomorrow (Monday) for our friends who tested positive for Covid two days ago (Friday) & had their 2nd baby the very next day (Saturday). Great video as always . Thanks brother

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If James says it’s a 9 it is definitely going to be on the menu for the week-end lol Looks very tasty, good job !

[@oscarchagoya5985]

I made this pasta about a month or two ago and my family LOVED it.

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[@dianemiller6440]

Outstanding..made for my family and it has been a hit! Delicious 💕. Confession, I always adjust recipes in some way. The adjustments I made: used red wine not white, increased mild Italian sausage to 2 lbs, added mushrooms. My husband raved about the flavors. Will go in my favorites file for sure. Thank you so very much for your videos. Your style is great and you are so relatable. Plus, you CAN cook!!!

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this leaves a lot of baked pasta dishes in the dust. can't wait to try it. thanks for posting

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Every time I make baked pasta I refer to this video, just because. My wife says its my "signature " (IE. Best) dish. But I always use sauce that's been simmering all day, no matter what else happens. Thanks as always, from So. CAL.

[@sparks8934]

I made this dish, and it’s an excellent recipe . Thank you for this great recipe. I grew up in an Italian, Irish neighborhood near our Catholic school. Our mom worked in a nearby Greek restaurant and the food was excellent. A pizza sub shop also in our neighborhood that the staff was from Italy. Little Italy was the restaurant section of town everyone went to. This reminds me of home❤

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Consistently some of the best cooking content on KZbin. Also you and your son having a good time together is really sweet

[@MHarenArt]

In a recipe I found for Pasta Norcina a long time ago, they cooked the meat into a large pattie, big as the skillet, cooked it rarish - then they just diced it up into tiny pieces. It worked just fine. Love this recipe! I've made it with spaghetti! Thanks for sharing!

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i have to say you are very thorough..esp for people who dont cook. this dish looks deliciousss. might try tonight, thanks :)

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I love your videos, and they've gotten my son into the kitchen with me. He watches, and now Saturday afternoon is cooking time for us.

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That's great to hear. Cooking and enjoying food with the family imo is what it's all about.

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That's awesome Cecil!

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Yeah this one is going on the list. Winter is here, this is the ideal comfort food when its dark and cold!

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YOU HAD ME AT BAKED ... my grandmother made me baked spaghetti when I was young , now it's my go to to impress my friends now I'll blow them out then water.... thank-you keep up the great channel !!

[@malcontent456]

Another great looking dish with straightforward, easy to follow instructions. Thanks man, keep up the great work.

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Thanks! Really glad you guys are enjoying the recipes.

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[@GeorgeLiquor]

I use a ground meat chopper. It's black plastic and has 5 blades in a star pattern. Incredibly easy and gets the meat as fine as you want it

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I appreciate your style. No five minute preamble about where the recipe came from or what inspired you…man’s here to cook!

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I appreciate that!

[@jc2091]

Update... doubled recipe, one for our friends and one for our family. Used Mostaccioli pasta. Boiled only 8 minutes instead of 10. After mixing cheeses with pasta & sauce, added 2 ladles of pasta water so it wouldn't be too thick. Let sit 20 (or so) minutes after taking out of oven so it wouldn't be runny. Uhmmm, came out great. Everyone enjoyed this. Thanks again

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[@theouthousepoet]

I never had much luck with my potato masher - but JKLA uses a pastry cutter and I got one and absolutely love it for this purpose! Awesome recipe. Will try soon!

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Jim, you amaze me. I have watch most of your videos. You make everything look so easy!

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OMG! I'm drooling. Can't wait to try this. Every recipe of yours I have tried is fabulous...wait just a 9!

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I really enjoy watching you cook❤️

[@stevefrench7036]

This looks neat ! When I learned recently, oddly enough, that milk was used in Bolognese to break the acidity, I was surprised, but when I think about it, it's logical, it gives this nice mix like in pizza, tomatoes+dairy, so I can't even fathom how it must taste in this recipe. Will be tryin' it out soon for sure ! Can't wait

[@WERC-lawyer]

Made it tonight ... cut all the measurements in half for just two of us ... very easy and absolutely wonderful... 2d time I've tried one of your recipes ... I will try more....

[@michellezevenaar]

We use the masher probably once a week to make mashed potatoes or a Dutch stamppot like boerenkool (kale mash) or hutspot (carrot mash). We also have a rarely used kitchen gear box in a cabinet, very useful tools are there that we only use when we really have time to cook more complex foods.

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What an amazing chef, teacher and father (not perse in that order) you are.

[@troychristman5662]

Reminds me of a dish my mom used to make. She got the recipe off of a pasta box. Cooking really is love, and nostalgia. Thanks for another great recipe!

[@MiThreeSunz]

Such an awesome dish! I make my pasta al forno similar to you. I make mine in layers, almost like lasagne. A layer of sausage meat sauce, a layer of sauced pasta, a layer of grated mozzarella and ricotta, then a sprinkling of grated parmigiano reggiano and repeat. 😊🇮🇹🇨🇦

[@catl1783]

Ciao from the south shore! My mouth was watering when you put the wooden spoon into the baked pasta and lifted it out with the cheese all stringy...Yum! Your son gave you a 9, tough crowd! lol.

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Thank you! It's going to be hard to break through the 9 level.

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I take it he's eatin' good every night. lol

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[@tonkadriver1833]

It's amazing how i smell this dish cooking Every time you add an ingredient it gets more fragrant Can't wait to make this for me(51) and my Dad(83), we're not Italian but nobody's perfect

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I hope you both enjoy it!

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Good home cook and great father.

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🌺 Im so happy to have this recipe for my grandchildren! They love pasta dishes! 😋 Thank you for your vlog! 🥰😋 keep it coming! 🤙🏽 thumbs up! 👍🏽

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Dang yet another great recipe!!!! ❤

[@pouterson]

Got a tip for you on crumbling the sausage. Use a potato masher while it cooks. It breaks it up into nice crumbles! Great hack!

[@erockworldwide]

I am a New Yorker and have been living in Germany for 30 years. NY-Italian is different from Italian-Italian. I have come up with my own things over the years to get the NY flavor and some were good...some not so good... The way you present and have shown some traditional NY food is just aweome. From things like this that you will not really get in Italy to different NY pizzas as well as some more old country things, you really are spot on. Hats off to you! Thanks for the awesome dishes!

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[@troutbhoy1]

I love baked pasta, my Italian friend taught me how to make it but instead of using meat he puts sliced hard boiled eggs & it’s absolutely delicious, greetings from Ireland

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I love your dedication to never saying the word fond haha. Another great video, thanks!

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Thanks a lot, man!

[@emmgeevideo]

I'm a keto fan and tried (don't judge me) cauliflower in place of the pasta. I steamed it to slightly less than al dente and patted it really dry before adding it to the mix. It's really good...

[@timmerrill]

I have a faux Italian sausage hack that works pretty well in recipes where the sausage is ground for use in a sauce. I buy the one pound tubes of mild breakfast sausage when they are on sale. Most all the brands at my local grocery store are "buy one, get one" or two-fers" several times a year. They freeze really well so I'll have them on hand when needed. They thaw quickly overnight in the fridge, but they can also be browned from frozen if you start of with a low to medium-low heat, then crank it up a bit after about a third of it has been scrapped off the frozen ingot as it thaws in the pan. Adding a tablespoon of oil helps it a bit when starting off frozen. When I need some "Italian style" sausage for a sauce, I brown the breakfast sausage, add some fennel seed (or use fennel powder that I grind from the seeds), white pepper powder, a splash (or three) of red wine, and some red pepper flakes to taste. A few cranks of fresh cracked black pepper never hurts either. I will at times add other seasonings depending on the sausage brand I buy, but the addition of the fennel, white pepper, red wine, and spice from the red pepper flakes brings it pretty darn close to what I need for ground Italian sausage in a saucy dish. It's less expensive than straight up buying Italian sausage, and I always have it on hand in the freezer either for breakfast meat, or doing Italian style crumbled sausage. It even works well for adding Italian sausage to homemade pizza. Brown it up, cook it to about 85-90% of the way, then use it for pizza topping. I've never had any complaints about the Italian sausage made this way for either sauce or pizza topping.

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Great idea!

[@mikewhoelse]

Made this last night. Probably be eating it for three days!!! Fantastic recipe. My son who is 11 loved it.

[@SipandFeast]

Glad you both enjoyed it!

[@24CiViC]

I love your videos! The recipes are great, but it’s also so sweet to see your interactions with your family, as well. I’m making this one for my family this weekend! 😋

[@SipandFeast]

Thanks! I hope you and your family enjoy it.

[@michaellacy8510]

Love that recipe. I'll be making it this weekend! Not a fan of the potato masher to crumble the sausage. I just use the back of a wooden spoon.

[@amen_ra6926]

This has probably been said so much it's old but since I just started watching, I just see Jeremy Piven cooking when I watch these.

[@davecleffi576]

Looks good. As you have said about many recipes, many people in the area have a similar version of the various recipes you demonstrate. The real reason I enjoy watching is to motivate me to get off of my ass and go cooking something. Also, I use the potato masher all of the time. Usually for mashed potatoes. I don’t even know where the mixer is at this point.

[@bigmountain7561]

James has the Best Job. The Official Taste Tester, I am jealous. Great Job Love Your Videos. Nice too see a nice family having fun and being together. Thank You 🙏

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Thanks so much!

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I made this & my family loved!!!!!!!!!!

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Love your recipe videos and the music you use; very zen! Thank you.

[@Rob-ExMachina]

I've found with ground meats packaged like that one thing that helps is to kind of put it in a big bowl and fluff it up with your hand a bit, then the meat smasher tool works easier.6

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i always use a fouet to breal down the mince .does a very good job

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Love your Italian dishes and your presentation!!