Name: Naunie's Pastera (Leftover Easter Pasta Bake)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: Olive oil, divided - 2 ½ tablespoons; Elbow macaroni - ¼ pound; Ziti pasta - ¼ pound; Farfalle (bow tie) pasta - ¼ pound; Radiatore pasta - ¼ pound; Sweet Italian sausage links, cut into 1/2- inch slices - 1 pound; Eggs, or more if needed - 12 jumbo; Shredded Pecorino Romano cheese, or more if needed - ½ cup; Salt to taste - ½ cup; Freshly ground black pepper, or more to taste - ¼ teaspoon; Olive oil, divided - 2 tablespoons

Ingredients for - Naunie's Pastera (Leftover Easter Pasta Bake)

1. Olive oil, divided 2 ½ tablespoons

2. Elbow macaroni ¼ pound

3. Ziti pasta ¼ pound

4. Farfalle (bow tie) pasta ¼ pound

5. Radiatore pasta ¼ pound

6. Sweet Italian sausage links, cut into 1/2- inch slices 1 pound

7. Eggs, or more if needed 12 jumbo

8. Shredded Pecorino Romano cheese, or more if needed ½ cup

9. Salt to taste ½ cup

10. Freshly ground black pepper, or more to taste ¼ teaspoon

11. Olive oil, divided 2 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Naunie's Pastera (Leftover Easter Pasta Bake)

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil. Grease a 2-quart and a 1 1/2-quart round glass baking dish each with 3/4 teaspoon olive oil; drizzle 1 tablespoon of remaining olive oil into bottom of each baking dish.

2 . Stage

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook macaroni, ziti, farfalle, and radiatore pasta in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain.

3 . Stage

Arrange sausage slices on foil-lined baking sheet.

4 . Stage

Bake sausage in the preheated oven until browned and crisp, 30 to 45 minutes. Lower oven heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

5 . Stage

Beat eggs in a large bowl until foamy, using an electric mixer. Add Pecorino-Romano cheese, salt, and black pepper; continue to beat egg mixture with electric mixer on highest speed until eggs and cheese are blended, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir cooked pasta into eggs and cheese; mixture should be runny and look like pasta is floating in egg mixture. Stir additional beaten eggs and Pecorino-Romano cheese into mixture if more egg mixture is needed.

6 . Stage

Ladle spoonfuls of egg-pasta mixture into each casserole, followed by a layer of sausage; continue layering pasta mixture and sausage until all sausage has been used. Top casseroles with final layer of pasta mixture. Drizzle top of each casserole with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Small pieces of pasta should stick out of the egg mixture.

7 . Stage

Bake in the oven until casseroles are set in the center, about 1 hour; raise oven heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking until the tops of casseroles are browned and crispy, 1 to 1 1/2 more hours.