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The ingredients needed to cook Veggie Pasta Bake:

1. Provide Penna Pasta
2. You need Olive oil (max 3 tablespoons only), plus extra for drizzling
3. Get Salt
4. Prepare Sauce
5. Prepare plum tomatoes (400g each)
6. Use pasta bolognese sauce (500g)
7. You need water
8. Provide Italian herbs (rosemary, oregano, thyme)
9. Get Garlic cloves, finely chopped
10. Take green chillies halved, lengthwise (medium spice level)
11. Prepare sugar
12. Provide Fresh basil (leave some for garnish)
13. Use VEGGIES + SAUSAGES (dry-fried/grilled & baked)
14. Get Vegetarian sausages (I used Cauldron brand)
15. Use courgette/zuchinni, chopped round then into half moons
16. Provide Aubergine (medium-large), cut vertically- see pics below
17. Take button mushrooms, washed and medium chopped
18. Get pack Spinach, washed
19. You need large red onion
20. Provide balsamic vinegar
21. Get Toppings
22. Take Fresh basil
23. Provide Cheddar and mozarella, shredded/grated
24. Take Olive oil for drizzling

Steps to make Veggie Pasta Bake:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius- for sausages and courgette later
2. For the sauce. In a pan on medium heat, add 1 tbsp oil. Then add chopped garlic, 3 green chillies, halved. Cook until garlic is browned
3. Turn up heat slightly. Add in 2 cans of plum tomatoes, 1 jar bolognese sauce, pinch of salt, italian herbs and fresh basil. Add 1/4 cup water. Mix all until sauce comes to a boil. Then lower heat, cover and let simmer over low-medium heat for 25 minutes. Stir occasionally.
4. Cook pasta as per pack instructions with 1 tbsp oil and salt. Drain when ready.
5. While pasta sauce is simmering for the next 25 mins, put sausages in pre-heated oven. Bake as per pack instructions (mine were 20 mins). Cut courgettes into half moons. Bake for 10 mins. (I put mine in the same baking pan as the sausages and just removed them earlier, allowing sausages to finish baking). Once baked, cut sausages. Set courgettes and sausages aside.
6. Cut your aubergine lengthwise. In a separate pan, on medium heat (NO OIL), place aubergine and allow to dry-fry for 7-10 mins on each side, turning occasionally, until they become slightly charred- see pic. Remove and set aside.
7. Slice red onion thinly. In same pan, on medium heat, add half tbsp oil and sliced red onions. When they start to wilt, add 1tsp balsamic vinegar (see pic). This will give them a sweet taste! Allow to caramelise slightly. Remove and set aside.
8. In same pan, cook your mushrooms until no longer watery. Set aside.
9. Pasta tomato sauce should be ready and reduced by now. Add 1tbsp sugar to balance the taste. Mix. Add drained pasta to sauce together with the courgettes, mushrooms, sausages. Mix all. Add spinach, cover for 2 mins to allow it to wilt. Uncover. Stir all for 1 min. Remove from heat.
10. Assemble! Grease your baking dish with a spray of olive oil. Pour the mixed pasta. Top with the caramelised red onions and charred aubergine. Finish with grated cheddar and mozarella all over. Add basil for garnish. See pic.
11. Drizzle the top lightly with olive oil. Bake at 200 degrees celsius for 15 mins, until golden. Enjoy and bon appetit!

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