Quick Pasta Al Forno
- For the besciamella sauce
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 heaping tablespoons flour
- 2 cups milk
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 pinch fresh grated nutmeg
- For the pasta
- 4 cups leftover pasta with meat sauce (I used penne rigate)
- 1 cup Bolognese sauce (like Merrill's Weeknight Ragu)
- 2 cups Besciamella sauce
- 1 cup Parmigiano Reggiano, grated with a microplane
- 4 slices speck (smoked prosciutto)
- Over medium heat, melt the butter in a small saucepan.
- Add the flour and stir with a spoon until bubbly. Don't burn it! Lower heat if needed. You just want to cook some of the raw taste out of the flour.
- Stir in milk, salt and nutmeg. Continue stirring until thickened, about 5 minutes or so.
- Preheat oven to 375u0b0 F.
- Lay some meat sauce in bottom of an 8" baking dish. Spread half of the pasta over sauce.
- Spread a few spoonfuls of meat sauce over pasta, followed by a layer of the besciamella and half of the Parmigiano.
- Add remaining pasta and repeat layers of meat sauce, besciamella and Parmigiano. Top with speck.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until sauce bubbles nicely and speck is crispy. Let cool for 5 minutes or so.
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/2764-quick-pasta-al-forno (may not work)