Baked Twirls Florentine
- Servings: 6
Get ready for a culinary adventure with our Baked Twirls Florentine. Delicate pasta spirals smothered in creamy spinach sauce.
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INGREDIENTS:
| 12 oz | San Giorgio® Rotini |
| 1 jar | (24 oz) pasta sauce |
| 1/2 cup | water |
| 8 oz | reduced fat cream cheese (Neufchatel cheese) |
| 1/2 cup | milk |
| 16 oz | frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained |
| 1/4 cup | grated Parmesan cheese |
| 4 oz | shredded mozzarella cheese |
| 1/4 tsp | ground nutmeg (optional) |
DIRECTIONS:
- Heat oven to 350ºF.
- Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
- In large bowl, stir together pasta sauce and water; stir in pasta.
- In medium bowl, stir together cream cheese and milk until smooth; stir in spinach, Parmesan cheese and nutmeg.
- In 13 x 9-inch baking dish (3 quart), spoon one-half pasta mixture. Spread cream cheese mixture over pasta; spoon remaining pasta mixture on top. Cover with foil; bake 30 minutes. Remove foil; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
