Sriracha Pasta Baked in a Creamy Tomato Sauce

This dish can be an entree or a side dish. If you can't find sriracha pasta, just add a few red pepper flakes to your sauce before pureeing. Hint: we got the pasta from Sfoglini!

Sriracha Pasta Baked With Creamy Roasted Tomato Sauce

Sriracha Pasta Baked With Creamy Roasted Tomato Sauce

  • 1 pound sriracha pasta rotini (or any rotini - see notes below)
  • 8 each large ripe tomatoes
  • 1 each onion (peeled and diced)
  • 4 each garlic cloves (peeled )
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 4 tsp parmesan cheese
  • 1 tsp green onion or chives (sliced)
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  1. Remove the core from the tomatoes. Cut them in half and squeeze out most of the seeds. Peel the oinon and cut them into large cubes.

  2. Preheat the oven to high broil.

  3. Place the tomatoes, onions, and garlic on a tray. Broil in the oven for 5-6 minutes or until the tomatoes and onions turn a little golden.

  4. Pulse the tomatoes, onions, garlic, and olive oil in a food processor.

  5. Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the package instructions. Drain it in a colander and reserve.

  6. Place the tomato puree into a large Dutch oven pan. Add the pasta and then the cream. Bring to a boil. Add a little more cream if needed.

  7. Place the pasta into a baking pan. Top with shaved Parmesan cheese. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden

  8. Meanwhile bring the water and sundried tomatoes to a boil. Insert them into the baked casserole and top all with a little olive oil.

If you can't find sriracha rotini pasta, use any rotini pasta and add a few teaspoons of red pepper flakes to the tomato sauce before pureeing it. 

Main Course, Side Dish
American

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII discovered her love of cooking at her grandmother's side, stirring raisin oatmeal on a Saturday morning. By 15 she had her first food service job. At 18 she was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America, where she graduated second in her class, then went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland to study pastry arts and baking. A decade with Hyatt Hotels followed before she founded Food and Health Communications with a single conviction: food that is good for you should taste extraordinary.

Judy holds a Master of Professional Studies in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University (Summa Cum Laude), two art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and the CIA's Pro Chef II certification. She has earned the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year award.

Today she develops every recipe on this site, shoots and styles food through her food photography and motion studio, and publishes nutrition education materials for dietitians, schools, extension offices, and health professionals through nutritioneducationstore.com. She uses the latest nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to drive her creativity — whether that means a new twist on fajitas or Italian brownies made with toasted nuts and cooked honey. Her mission has never changed: help everyone make food that tastes as good as it is for them.

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