Comfort food to the rescue: 21 pasta bake recipes
With pasta and melted cheese its core ingredients, what's not to love about a pasta bake?
With pasta and sauce bound with melted cheese, what's not to love about a pasta bake? We have creature-comfort lasagnes (make sure you try chef Sarah Cicolini's version with romanesco) and cannelloni, and a healthy dose of mac and cheese recipes. For a show-stopping pasta bake, look no further than Buon Ricordo's gravity-defying timballo Napoletano.
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Fusilli with greens, fennel and feta
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Lobster pasta with lemon crumbs
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Ham and provolone mac and cheese with fried egg
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Embla's cheddar gnocchi, crushed tomato and olive oil
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Bitter greens and ricotta cannelloni
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Paul Carmichael's macaroni pie
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Buon Ricordo's timballo Napoletano
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Cauliflower mac and cheese with hazelnuts
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Toasted-flour pasta with silverbeet
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Cauliflower and hazelnut strozzapreti with Gorgonzola
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Paccheri with sausage ragù and mozzarella
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