Baked Pasta with Salami and Potatoes

SERVES   4 persons      TOTAL TIME 2 hours          DIFFICULTY not too tricky

 

INGREDIENTS:

400 gr. Penne

600 ml. tomato sauce

400 gr.  potatoes

100 gr.  Provola cheese

160 gr. spicy salami

1 onion

2 tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil

a few basil leaves

some butter

salt

red chilli pepper flakes

sea salt

DIRECTIONS:

 

Cook the potatoes in a pan of salted boiling water until tender. Drain and let them cool for a few minutes. Peel and cut them in 0,5 cm. slices.

Peel the onion and finely slice it. Heat two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan, add the onion and let it fry until golden. Pour into the tomato sauce, basil leaves and red chilli pepper flakes and cook over a low heat for approximately 20/25 minutes, mixing often. Season with salt.

Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a large saucepan of salted boiling water. Drain it 2 minutes before what indicated in the packet instructions.

Tip back into the same pan, then add ⅔ of the tomato sauce and toss well.

Pre-heat the oven at 200˚.

Butter your baking dish and spoon half of the Penne, followed by a layer of potatoes, the remaining tomato sauce, half of salami and Provola. (Fig. 2, 3, 4)

Cover with the remaining pasta.(Fig. 5)

Dot the surface with the other half of salami and finish with the remaining Provola cheese. (Fig. 6, 7)

Put the baking tray in the oven for 10 minutes, until it is bubbling and blistering on top.

After the time has passed, take out the pasta and serve.