Valentine Pasta Recipes

Treat your love to the taste of Italy with recipes of pasta and surprise him/her with a different flavor at the dinner celebration of Valentine's Day. Serve a platter of Italian flavor on the dinner menu with valentine pasta recipes and celebrate the day with an international taste. Invite your love to dinner and turn your dining room to an Italian bistro with pasta recipes.

Best Pasta Recipes

Plan an Italian style dinner for your sweetheart on the day of love with Pasta dinner recipes. Let us have a look at the valentine pasta recipes.

• Rigatoni Sausage and Pasta Bake

Ingredients:

• Rigatoni pasta: 1 pound
• Italian sausage: 1 pound
• Ricotta cheese: 1 cup
• Mozzarella cheese: 1-1/2 cup (shredded)
• Breadcrumbs: 1/2 cup (dry)
• Tomato sauce: 1 (15 ounce) can
• Olive oil: 2 tablespoons
• Basil: 1/2 cup (chopped)
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees and coat a 9x13 inch baking pan or casserole dish with cooking spray.
   
2. Fry the sausage in olive oil over medium heat until brown, drain off the excess fat and keep it aside. Let the sausage cool.
   
3. Boil a large pot of salted water and cook the pasta in it for around 10 minutes. Drain it well and keep it aside.
   
4. Mix the pasta with ricotta, basil, tomato sauce, basil, salt, and pepper and slowly add 3/4th of the shredded mozzarella. Pour this pasta mix into a prepared casserole dish.
   
5. Top it up with remaining mozzarella and season with breadcrumbs. Bake the pasta for around 25 minutes at 375 degrees or until the cheese turns golden. Let it cool for few minutes before serving.

• One-Pot Pasta with Chicken and Mushrooms

Ingredients

• Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: 1 lb cut into 1-inch (2 cm) chunks
• Smallish pasta: 2 cups (shells, bow ties, fusilli or elbows)
• Mushrooms: 1.5 cups (sliced)
• Tomatoes: 1 can (diced)
• Onion: 1 (chopped)
• Basil: 1cup (dried)
• Vegetable or olive oil: 1 tablespoon
• Black pepper to taste
• Salt: 1/2 tsp
• Water: 1 cup

Directions:

1. Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot and fry the chickens in it for round 5 to 7 minutes or until brown. Stir continuously to make sure that it is fried on both sides thoroughly. Drain the3 chicken chunks well and keep it aside in a flat dish.
   
2. Fry the mushrooms and onions in the same pot for around 5 to 7 minutes or unti9l softened. Now, add the basil, tomatoes and water to the mix and boil it. Pour the pasta over it and stir well.
   
3. Cover it up and cook for around 10 minutes on low heat until the pasta is soft, stir occasionally. Drain the excess water; make sure that the pasta does not get mushy. Add the chicken to the pasta and cook for about 3 minutes. Sprinkle salt and pepper over it and serve it hot.

Treat your love to the best Italian taste and flavor on Valentine's Day with valentine pasta recipes.