Baked Goat Cheese Pasta
Description: This baked goat cheese pasta with spinach and mushrooms is incredible! This is the baked goat cheese tomato pasta Tiktok inspired me to make, a recipe for pasta with goat cheese and spinach that is so easy and delicious! Enjoy this goat cheese pasta recipe!
Ingredients
- 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes
- 1 red onion (roughly chopped)
- 5-7 cloves garlic
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 8 oz. soft goat cheese (in a log, not crumbles)
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 12 ounces pasta (uncooked (with ½ cup pasta water reserved)
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach
- 3-4 leaves fresh basil (chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Prep
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Spread tomatoes, onion, mushrooms, and garlic cloves evenly in a 9 x 13 baking pan or casserole dish.
- Place goat cheese log in center of dish, surrounded by other ingredients.
- Drizzle with olive oil and add salt and pepper to taste. Toss to coat.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes.
- Boil
- Meanwhile, boil pasta in well-salted water until al dente, reserving 1 cup of pasta water just before draining.
- Toss
- Immediately after removing dish from oven, toss in spinach and use a wooden spoon or spatula to stir the spinach mixture up into the roasted vegetable mixture.
- Stir
- Allow a few minutes for spinach to wilt, then toss in pasta and reserved pasta water. Stir until sauce is creamy and pasta is well-coated.
- Sprinkle on basil and serve immediately.