Baked Rigatoni- with Eyeballs
Baked Rigatoni with Eyeballs is a simple, creepy Halloween recipe made with rigatoni, pasta sauce, cheese and olives. Perfect for a Halloween party main dish.
Servings:
Calories: 339kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 ounces Rigatoni
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup parmesan cheese shredded; divided into 3/4 cup and 1/4 cup
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1 44 ounce jar pasta sauce
- 10 mozzarella pearls
- olives black, green, red
- red pepper flakes optional
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 ℉. Grease a 9 inch springform pan.
- Cook pasta in salted, boiling water until it still has a little crunch.
- Toss the pasta with olive oil and ¾ cup of parmesan cheese.
- Place noodles standing up into the prepared springform pan
- Pour sauce over noodles, moving noodles around and gently shaking the pan to move sauce over and around noodles.
- Cover the pan with foil and bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and top with shredded mozzarella and remaining parmesan.
- Bake for an additional 15 minutes.
- Top with mozzarella pearls and bake for 2-3 more minutes. Add olive slices to mozzarella pearls to make eyeballs.
Notes
- nutrition facts are just an estimate
- run a knife around the sides of the pan to release any sticking cheese or pasta
- leave the bottom of the pan under the pasta for easy serving
Nutrition
Calories: 339kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 268mg | Potassium: 128mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 163IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 255mg | Iron: 1mg
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