Cheesy Baked Pasta with Cauliflower

Ingredients for Cheesy Baked Pasta with Cauliflower

• 450g pasta, such as medium shell or tube pasta

• 1 (400g) can cherry tomatoes, lightly crushed by hand

• 230g low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella, coarsely grated

• 110g provolone or other mildly sharp cheese (such as more of the cheddar below), coarsely grated

• 60g sharp cheddar, coarsely grated

• 60g Parmesan, grated

• 350ml de creme de leite fresco

• Pimenta preta moída na hora

• 1/2 head of cauliflower, cut into 1/2" pieces

• Room-temperature butter or nonstick cooking oil spray (for pan)

Preheat oven to 177°C. Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until about halfway cooked (it needs to be very firm at this stage so that it doesn’t overcook when baked). Drain, reserving 120ml pasta cooking liquid, and run under cold water to stop the cooking. Drain well.

Lightly crush cherry tomatoes with your hands in a large bowl. Add mozzarella, provolone, cheddar, Parmesan, cream, and reserved 120ml pasta cooking liquid and mix to combine. Season generously with salt and pepper. Add cauliflower and cooked pasta and toss to coat. Butter (or lightly coat) a 3-qt. or 13x9x2" baking dish with butter. Scrape in pasta mixture and spread out into an even layer. Cover dish tightly with foil and bake pasta until hot throughout and steaming when foil is lifted, 20–25 minutes.

Remove foil and increase oven temperature to 218°C. Continue to bake pasta until sauce is bubbling and top is browned and crunchy in spots, 25–30 minutes. Let cool slightly before serving.

Pasta can be assembled 2 days ahead. Cover and chill until ready to bake.

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