Hi everyone, it's me Buddy. So, if you haven't seen the baked feta trend... they cook tomatoes
and feta in an oven and they make this really delicious pasta sauce. I'm gonna make it my way
and try and make it as delicious as I can. So to make it Buddy style we're gonna use ricotta cheese,
some other vegetables, and some other herbs from my garden. So I'm gonna pick most of this basil.
I'm just gonna leave a little bit for later for garnishes on my pasta and I'm gonna add
two cloves of garlic which I'm just gonna put into there. And now I'm just going to bash it up.
Now i'm just going to add a pinch of salt. I'm going to add 3 tablespoons of extra virgin
olive oil... there we go. So I think my pesto is about done so I'm just going to pick it up and
put it there. And now we move on to our vegetables. I'm going to start off with our courgette. We're
just going to cut it in half. We're just going to cut it into about 2 centimetre chunks like that.
And then I'm just gonna pop it into my tray and we'll do that with the other half. And
then we're gonna move on to our pepper. I'm just gonna tear it into small pieces. So we're just
gonna cut these into 2 centimetre chunks and then we just want to take that white bit out.
So we've got all different types of tomatoes and we're just going to cut those in half.
There we go, that's our last one. Got all our vegetables there and now we're just going to
make a little hole in the middle. And we've got 250 gallons of ricotta here. I'm just going to hold it
for a second and just drain it. We're just going to do that. Oh wait... that's cool. And then we're just
going to fill in all the gaps and we're going to recycle this tub later. We're just going to
get some lemon zest on the ricotta. It looks a bit like a sand castle to me, it's kind of cool.
So I'm just going to get half of that onto the ricotta and then I'm just going to spread the
rest of the half around the vegetables. So we're just going to get some water. The water that I
just added in is going to help it cook and bring out all the juices in the tomatoes i'm also adding
the water so the vegetables and the ricotta do not stick to the pan. And now I'm gonna cook it.
So I just had a little clean down and will come back when I'm done. So I'm just cutting up
some garlic. And right now we're making a pangrattato. It's kind of like a flavoured crispy breadcrumb
and that we're gonna put on top of our pasta sauce and it'll be really delicious. I'm just
gonna cut up some rosemary now. Just finely slice it a bit like my garlic. So now we're going to
put some oil in the pan and then we're going to put our bread crumbs in. Two of my handfuls in...
there we go. And then we're going to put some rosemary in,
garlic. And then I'm just going to get a wooden spoon.
Okay, so it's very nice and crispy now. My pangrattato is done and it's been around 30 minutes,
so i'm pretty sure my ricotta is done. So let's go and get it. So my adult has got this out of
the oven. It looks very delicious and it smells amazing. So we're just gonna put some spinach
into our pasta sauce and we're gonna use this big spoon just to mix it all together and
get the ricotta mixed up with the pasta sauce and tomatoes. Squash that. We've got some pasta here in
the colander. Got 300 grams which will serve about four people and we'll get just a bit of pasta
water. So I'm just gonna use another spoon so it's a bit easier for me to not get it everywhere. And
we've just put that bit of water in so it can kind of loosen the sauce up. Oh that smells really good!
So we can't give it the Buddy stamp of approval quite yet because we've got a few more things
to add but I think we can start to plate up now. So I'm just going to serve up a little bit of a
portion here... there we go. So I'm going to do a bit of pangrattato on the top. Pick out a nice top. Get
some balsamic here. Now we're just going to do a little drizzle of balsamic vinegar and then we're
going to get some parmesan, that's nice. And that is my veggie ricotta bake. Let's give it a try
That is amazing. That gets the Buddy stamp of approval and it also gets the 12 out of 10.
So guys, I would love to see your cheesy pasta videos and get creative with them. Post it on
#cookingbuddies and now I'm going to go and give a little bit to River. I think he'll love it