This classic Cheesy Stuffed Sausage Pasta Bake makes the perfect weeknight dinner! You’ll be licking your plate clean with this one.

The Best Sausage Pasta Bake
Gimme all the easy pasta bake recipes! I am all about the easy weeknight dinners these days. With school, sports and other activities each week it’s nice to have quick and simple classics to count on. This is just that. The whole family loves this Classic Cheesy Stuffed Sausage Pasta Bake and it’s a breeze to put together. Let’s see how easy it is to put together!
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Brown your Italian Sausage and add in your favorite pasta sauce.
Cook your favorite pasta, one minute less than directed on package so they stay al dente when baked.
Add them to your sauce and give a nice stir.
Mix your Ricotta, Pamesan and Mozzarella then place dollops over half of your pasta in a 9×13 inch baking dish. My favorite 9 x 13 inch baking dishes are by Emile Henry. Find them at your favorite kitchen store. Top with remaining pasta then sprinkle with additional mozzarella cheese. Bake until hot and cheese is melted.
Come out cheesy and delicious!
Love! Makes great leftovers too 🙂
Tips For Serving This Pasta Bake
- Serve this easy pasta bake with a nice side salad with lots of vegetables and a loaf of crusty garlic bread.
- Serve with your favorite roasted vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, etc.
- This is a great recipe to serve for busy weeknights, but also great for feeding a crowd.
- We love this recipe for Sunday dinner too. With a salad and garlic bread, it’s great!
- We love to serve this dish with homemade brownies for dessert. Try my One Bowl Chocolate Chunk Brownies.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
Cheesy Stuffed Sausage Pasta Bake
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 1 pound Rigatoni pasta or other small noodle
- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 26 ounce jar pasta sauce
- 15 ounces Ricotta Cheese
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and cook pasta according to package directions. Remove 1 minute before suggested cook time. Drain and set aside.
- Cook Italian sausage in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in pasta sauce and cooked pasta. Transfer half of mixed pasta to a 9x13 inch baking dish.
- Place Ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses into a mixing bowl and stir to combine. Spoon dollops evenly over pasta in baking dish. Spread to cover pasta. Top with remaining pasta then top with additional shredded cheese. Bake for 30 minutes, until cheese is melted. Remove and serve warm.
Did you cover this with foil when you baked it, or just as is?
Hi Jenny,
Do you think this would freeze well pre-baking?
Thanks,
Ashley
thank u. looks tasty.
thanks for the recipe, it looks great
That looks so yummy. Filing for future use!
You know I’m completely falling apart over this. FALLING.APART.
Can I use sour cream or cream cheese instead of ricotta?
I don’t think that would work Bri. I would recommend leaving out the ricotta before substituting.
My mom always substituted cottage cheese for ricotta. I don’t like the texture of ricotta, so I do the same. 🙂
When do you add the parsley?
Hi Martha, I just sprinkled it on before serving 🙂
Which pasta sauce do you like? I’m still trying to determine my favorite!!
I really like Trader Joe’s 3 cheese or Barilla tomato basil 🙂
I love that you used ricotta in this recipe. My daughter will LOVE this dish, she can eat pasta every day. Will be fabulous with cheesy garlic bread.
Yes, Garlic bread for sure!!
Yum! Looking at these pictures makes me hungry!
Jenny,
This was soooo good. I made this last night for my family. I loved that it made a lot so that we could have left overs. I don’t like ricotta cheese so I omitted that and added more mozz and parm. I was really tasty and quick to fix.
Thanks again for all of your great recipes.
Christy
I so want some of this pasta!
This look so incredible! Gotta love classic every once and while!!! YUM! 🙂
I’m trying to get a hold of myself – that ooey gooey cheese is sending me over the edge!
Making this tonight for dinner. I LOVE pasta with sausage and all that cheese you can’t go wrong. I’m sure my family will love it. Thanks!
Jenny, I made this for dinner tonight. It was FABULOUS!!!
I made it with regular sausage (I don’t like Italian sausage)
Thank you SO much for sharing!
Susan
So glad you enjoyed it Susan! Thanks for sharing!
Love this. Great for a weeknight meal.
Classic & delicious!! Love this recipe Jenny 🙂
I love your weeknight meals!
Did you add parsley to it before baking as well? It looks like it in the photos but it’s not listed in the ingredients.
Yes! I added it last minute for color, I’ll edit that into the recipe 🙂
How much ricotta cheese? Mozarella cheese is listed twice in the recipe and ricotta is left off.
Hi Keri,
take a 2nd look, the ricotta is listed. Calls for 15 ounces. 🙂
This looks so cheesy and good for a weeknight meal!
This would be gone in like 2 minutes at our house with two big boys to feed. Pinned 🙂
Perfect weeknight dinner!
I know what’s for dinner tonight! This looks amazing!!
This seriously looks like the PERFECT!! family dinner. I love how cheesy it is!
Yummmm! Will make this over the weekend! *chomp*
Great weeknight meal! we are always up for pasta!
Jenny, lovin’ the all that cheese girl! I have been craving a good pasta for a while and this is exactly what I would like to eat 😀 Those noodles too are perfect because they tend to hold all the good stuff in the center! YUM! Thanks for sharing!
This seriously looks SO good! My family would go nuts for it.
Thanks Rachel! Happy Monday!
Love this, soooo cheesy and wonderful 🙂 xoxo
Can’t go wrong with a traditional Italian dish. Love the sausage with pasta combo. Definitely my fav! Beautiful photos!
Easy dinners with cheese and sausage and carbs? How did you know EXACTLY what I was craving today? Pinned!
Easy weeknight dinners are a life saver these days! Looks scrumptious Jenny
I love the addition of the ricotta layer. Yum! This is the perfect type of dish for my family. I have 3 hungry guys to feed and we are often all on different schedules. Casseroles like this are perfect. = )
I agree Crystal! Gets tricky during the week to feed everyone, lol!