Cheesy Pasta Bake

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons torn basil 
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper red crushed
• 0.5 cup basil fresh chopped
• 6  garlic cloves minced
• 12 ounces ground turkey breast 
• 8 ounces turkey sausage sweet italian
• 5 cups lower-sodium marinara sauce (such as McCutcheon's)
• 1.5 tablespoons olive oil 
• 2 cups onion chopped
• 0.5 cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese divided packed grated
• 0.5 cup red wine 
• 6 ounces whole-milk mozzarella cheese thinly sliced
• 14 ounces ziti uncooked

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• baking pan
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Cook pasta according to the package directions, omitting salt and fat; drain and set aside.
3. Place turkey and sausage in a medium bowl, and mix well with hands to combine.
4. Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray.
5. Add turkey mixture to pan; cook 8 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble.
6. Remove from pan.
7. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat.
8. Add onion and pepper; saut 4 minutes.
9. Add garlic; saut for 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
10. Add wine, scraping the pan to loosen browned bits, and cook for 4 minutes or until liquid almost evaporates. Stir in pasta, turkey mixture, marinara sauce, and 1/2 cup basil. Spoon mixture into a 13 x 9inch glass or ceramic baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with mozzarella and 1/4 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano.
11. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until bubbly and cheese melts and begins to brown.
12. Remove from oven; sprinkle with basil leaves and the remaining 1/4 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.