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?

Paccheri with sausage ragù and mozzarella
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.