Eggplant baked pasta (riggidanella)

Pasta and macaroni Italian cuisine

Baking

When you need to feed a hungry Italian family, turn to baked pasta, or "pasta al forno." Prepared in advance, this low maintenance dish is also very forgiving and has the ability to feed many hungry bellies in one go. It's a must at any family gathering, in any of the regional forms it comes in, from lasagne to this riggidanella from Calabria.