Are you a goat cheese lover and looking for a delicious and easy way to integrate it into a dish? This Baked Goat Cheese Pasta is quick, unbelievably easy and creamy goat cheese deliciousness!
Bursting with flavor from the shallots, garlic, and mushrooms, the vegetable broth-based savory goat cheese sauce is complemented by the natural sweetness of petite peas. This baked pasta dish hits all the right notes.
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Green tip: Speaking of cleanup, if you have a dishwasher-use it! Comparing dishwashing to handwashing, using an efficient dishwasher uses 1/6th the amount of water to get your dishes clean!
With only one casserole dish required, this baked pasta dish is the best way to get your goat cheese fix. Plus, its hearty as it’s packed with vegetables and filling pasta.
Baked Goat Cheese Pasta Ingredients
Here’s everything you need:
- Mushrooms. For earthiness, umami, and texture.
- Shallot. For flavor. You can use a diced yellow onion in a pinch, but shallot will yield more flavor.
- Garlic. Fresh minced garlic is preferred.
- Petite peas. You can use fresh or frozen.
- Olive oil. To add a little extra fat and flavor to your baked pasta.
- Dried oregano. You can also use fresh, but dried will do the trick!
- Garlic powder. Never enough garlic.
- Salt & pepper. To season the mushrooms and peas.
- Pasta. Fettuccine or linguine both work in this dish.
- Vegetable broth. Or mushroom broth or even chicken broth if you have it in the house. Buy it at the store or make your own veggie broth.
- Goat cheese. The star of this dish!
Baked Goat Cheese Pasta Tips and Tricks
Prep Your Veg
Start by slicing your mushrooms, dicing your shallot, and mincing your garlic.
Use a Casserole Dish to Bake Pasta
Add your prepped mushrooms, shallot, garlic, and peas to a 13 x 9-inch casserole dish.
This dish is the only one you’ll need to make this creamy and delicious Baked Goat Cheese Pasta.
Season Your Baked Pasta Well
Add your olive oil, oregano, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to your casserole dish with your veggies. Seasoning the veggies will also season your creamy goat cheese sauce.
Toss the Veggies In Oil and Seasonings
Use clean hands or two spoons to toss the vegetables in the olive oil and seasonings, ensuring they are evenly coated.
Submerge Your Pasta in Vegetable Broth
Next, add your vegetable broth. Then, take your uncooked pasta and place it into the casserole dish.
The pasta and vegetables should be completely submerged in the vegetable broth.
Layer on the Goat Cheese
Place the goat cheese right on top. The goat cheese will be the only ingredient that is not completely submerged in the vegetable broth.
Cover Your Dish
For the first 15 minutes of baking, we want the casserole dish completely covered to help trap heat and moisture to give the pasta a chance to start cooking in the broth.
If your dish does not come with a fitted lid, you can use aluminum foil to cover it.
Bake Again
After 15 minutes of baking covered, remove your Baked Goat Cheese Pasta from the oven and remove the lid. Stir well to break down and distribute the baked goat cheese, and toss the pasta.
Make sure there are no pasta noodles that are sticking to one another. Then, stick it back in the oven for another 15 minutes uncovered to finish cooking.
Green tip: Pasta is a great meal option carbon footprint-wise! Manufacturing pasta is a relatively less intensive process, using less energy and other natural resources to produce than most other starches. Plus, its long shelf-life means you’re less likely to waste it!
Let it Cool
When you first take your Baked Goat Cheese Pasta out of the oven, it will still be very liquidy. As it cools, it thickens.
Pro tip: If you’re looking for a protein to add to this dish, I highly recommend this 3-Ingredient Pesto Butter Salmon!
By the time you’re ready to serve it, it will be a thick and creamy sauce. Allow it to cool for at least ten minutes, stirring occasionally until it the sauce reaches the desired consistency.
Storing and Reheating Baked Goat Cheese Pasta
This pasta bake is equally delicious leftover! It will last about 5-7 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
The best way to reheat it is to preheat your oven to 350°F and bake covered for 15-20 minutes until heated through. Covering the dish will trap the moisture and reheat this dish beautifully.
However, if you want a quick fix, you can use the microwave. Just make sure to add a little liquid to your pasta before microwaving. You can use more vegetable broth or milk. You should only need about 1 tablespoon per portion.
Stir the extra liquid into your pasta and microwave on high in 2-minute intervals, stirring in between, until thoroughly heated.
Baked Goat Cheese Pasta Frequently Asked Questions
Does goat cheese melt in the oven?
When baked, goat cheese gets super soft. It does not melt the way mozzarella or cheddar does.
However, when baked in with extra liquid (in this case, vegetable broth), it does integrate well to form a smooth and creamy sauce.
Can I put goat cheese on pasta?
Absolutely! Goat cheese is delicious on pasta. However, without properly heating it and mixing it into a sauce, you may find that the consistency is not very smooth.
I highly recommend this Baked Goat Cheese Pasta as the easiest way to yeild a creamy goat cheese sauce, in about 45 minutes and with just one dish.
What does goat cheese go well with?
Goat cheese is a delicious addition to salads, flatbreads, or any charcuterie board. It is often paired with a sweeter element as a nice contrast to its savory taste.
In this goat cheese pasta, the addition of naturally sweet peas is a harmonious combination that makes your taste buds sing!
Why You Should Make this Baked Goat Cheese Pasta
- It’s so easy. Literally, pile it all in a dish and bake it!
- The creaminess. The goat cheese sauce that this recipe produces is unlike any other.
- It’s extra hearty. Filling pasta with a creamy sauce and loaded with veggies.
If you’re loving this Baked Goat Cheese Pasta and want more easy pasta dishes, check out this 4-Ingredient Mushroom Pesto Pasta and One-Pot Cajun Salmon Pasta.
One-Dish Baked Goat Cheese Pasta
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- 8 ounces baby bella or white button mushrooms
- 1 large shallot
- 3 cloves garlic
- 5 ounces petite peas (fresh or frozen) (5 oz usually = ~1 cup)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 16 ounces fettuccine or linguine
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 8 ounces goat cheese
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F and slice your mushrooms, dice your shallot, and mince your garlic.
- To a large, oven-safe 9 by 13-inch casserole dish, add the mushrooms, shallot, garlic, and peas.
- Pour olive oil, oregano, garlic powder, salt, and pepper on top of your veggies and use clean hands or two spoons to toss, ensuring the oil and seasonings are distributed throughout the dish.
- Pour the vegetable broth on top and place your pasta in the dish. All of the pasta should be submerged in the broth.
- Add your goat cheese on top and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Then, remove from the oven, remove the foil and stir well, breaking down the baked goat cheese and making sure no noodles are stuck together.
- Bake for another 15 minutes uncovered. Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack or heat-safe surface. At this point, you will still see a lot of liquid. Allow the baked goat cheese pasta to cool for at least ten minutes, stirring occasionally, until goat cheese sauce thickens. Enjoy!
Pro Tips
- If you’re looking for a protein to serve with this dish, I highly recommend this 3-Ingredient Pesto Butter Salmon!
- You can use any kind of onion in place of the shallot, but shallot is preferred for most flavor.
- Reducing your meat consumption significantly reduces your carbon footprint. Be kind to the planet (as well as your tastebuds!) with more of these delicious meatless pasta meals.
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This recipe is a goat cheese lovers dream!! It only took 15 minutes to prep, it was beyond delicious!
Yay! I’m so glad you enjoyed it — goat cheese lovers of the world unite!!!