Oven Baked Pasta with Salami

Here is the next pasta recipe which the children REALLY love and it always seems to be a success on play dates. Ian used to lay claim to it and is great at cooking it, but he hasn't for a while so now it's mine............

Ingredients
 
2 tablespoons of Olive Oil
Napoli or Milano Salami, sliced (packets are usually 80g so 1 is fine but 1 1/2 is even better!)
1 Red Onion, sliced
1 Clove Garlic, sliced
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
400g tin chopped tomatoes
3 tablespoons Crème Fraîche
1/2 bunch of fresh basil, leaves picked and chopped
300g pasta (Rigatoni is best but you could also use Penne)
1 ball of mozzarella, sliced 

Preheat the oven to 190°C

Heat the oil in a frying pan, and fry half the salami until quite crisp (it cooks quickly and it's easy to go overboard on the 'crispy'!). Add the onion and garlic and cook slowly until the onion is soft (5 mins or so). Add the balsamic vinegar, chopped tomatoes, crème fraîche and basil. Mix together, season to taste, and simmer for a few minutes.

Cook the pasta until 'al dente' (you really don't want it too soft as it's going in to the oven). Drain, and drizzle over a little olive oil. Tip into a baking dish and pour over the sauce.

Lay the mozzarella over the top with the rest of the salami. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes until golden.