Red pepper pasta bake that’s like a cross between baked ziti and pasta alla vodka. Perfect level of indulgence for Valentine’s Day or just Tuesday.

I made this a month ago and it was so so so good that I wrote down the steps. Made it again last night and was questioning my own damn recipe 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️. Pretty much followed except doubled it and used tomato paste for 1/2 the tomatoes because I had a mostly full but opened can to use up. Blending the sauce was nice but made things more fussy and is not at all necessary. Next up I want to figure out the right way to convert this to a one pot recipe where you can cook the pasta right in the tomato sauce.

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