Baked Spinach and Mushroom Rigatoni
(from jlong3658’s recipe box)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 240 minutes
Serves 6 people
Categories: Dinner - Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 28-oz can whole peeled tomatoes
- 2 Tbs olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- Kosher salt and black pepper
- 1/2 lb/ rigatoni
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 1 lb. mixed mushrroms (cremini, button, and shitake), trimmed and sliced
- 2 10-oz packages frozen spinach, thawed and sweezed of excess liquid
- 1 15-oz container ricotta
- 8 ozs mozzarella, grated
- Parmesan, for sering
Directions
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eak up the tomatoes and their juices in a medium bowl with your hands or a potato masher. Add the oil, garlic, 2.4 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp. pepper. In a separate medium bowl, combine the uncooked rigatoni, onion, and mushrooms.
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read a third of the tomato mixture in the bottom of a 4 – 6 quart slow cooker. Top with half the pasta mixture, half the spinach, a third of the tomato mixture, half the ricotta, and half the mozzarella; repeat. Cover and cook on high until the pasta is tender 3.5 to 4 hours
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Serve sprinkled with Parmesan