Recipe Tip: Italian Pasta Casserole

Instructions

1. Step 1

   Preheat the oven to 180°C.

2. Step 2

   Bring enough water to the boil in a saucepan, add salt and cook the pasta al dente according to the instructions on the packet.

3. Step 3

   In the meantime, heat the olive oil in a pan and sauté the garlic, onions and cherry tomatoes. Then stir in the tomato passata and the cream. Add chilli (diced or powder) and season with salt and pepper. Then let the sauce simmer for 3 minutes.

4. Step 4

   Combine the pasta and sauce in a saucepan and sprinkle with mozzarella. Then bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and - for a special taste - sprinkle with grated parmesan.

5. Step 5

   Garnish with fresh basil and enjoy!

6. Step 6

   Linguine al Pesto Genovese Chef Severin Corti serves his version of this classic dish, which comes from the area around Genoa in Liguria and is made with potatoes and green beans. Sprinkle over some grated Pecorino and Parmesan cheese and you have a pasta dinner that practically shouts spring! Pasta

7. Step 7

   Tagliolini al Limone A bowl of pasta is always welcome, and this fantastically simple Italian recipe is particularly so. The sauce brings out the bright, zesty flavour of fresh lemons in an unforgettably Italian way. Buon appetito! Pasta

8. Step 8

   Homemade Potato Gnocchi Ever tried making gnocchi yourself? Cooking teacher and Julian Kutos shows how to make soft, fluffy gnocchi in his cookbook 'Simply Pasta, Pizza & Co'. Dumplings

9. Step 9

   Pasta with Smoked Salmon The creamy sauce for this easy-to-rustle-up pasta dish gets a kick from honey-mustard, lemon and dill. A simple, satisfying – and quick – supper. Pasta

10. Step 10

    Lasagne al Forno A classic oven-baked lasagne recipe made with ragù alla Bolognese and béchamel. This recipe is from the cookbook 'Simply Pasta, Pizza & Co' by cooking teacher and pasta master Julian Kutos. Pasta