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Baked Rigatoni With Spinach, Ricotta, and Fontina

Baked Rigatoni With Spinach, Ricotta, and Fontina

A quick and delicious baked rigatoni with spinach, ricotta, and fontina, perfect for a comforting meal.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course main dish
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 servings
Calories 480 kcal

Equipment

  • baking dish
  • large pot
  • Food Processor

Ingredients
  

Pasta and Filling

  • 1 lb rigatoni pasta cooked
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 package frozen spinach thawed
  • 2 cups ricotta cheese about 1 pound
  • 5 tablespoons parmesan cheese grated
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg grated
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
  • 6 ounces Fontina cheese grated (about 1 ½ cups)

Instructions
 

Cooking Instructions

  • Heat the oven to 450 degrees F.
  • Oil a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
  • In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the rigatoni until almost done, about 12 minutes.
  • Drain.
  • Put the pasta in the prepared baking dish and toss with 1 tablespoon of the oil.
  • Meanwhile, squeeze as much of the water as possible from the spinach.
  • Put the spinach in a food processor and puree with the ricotta, 3 tablespoons of the Parmesan, the nutmeg, salt, and pepper.
  • Stir in half the fontina.
  • Stir the spinach mixture into the pasta.
  • Top with the remaining fontina and Parmesan.
  • Drizzle the remaining 2 tablespoons oil over the top.
  • Bake the pasta until the top is golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
  • You can substitute another chunky pasta, such as penne rigate, penne, ziti, or fusilli. Boil all of these one or two minutes less.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 480kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 20gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 60mgSodium: 800mgPotassium: 700mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 800IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 400mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Baked Rigatoni, Comfort Food, fontina, pasta, ricotta, spinach
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