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Spicy Baked Pasta With Cheddar and Broccoli Rabe

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A golden serving spoon in a casserole dish of baked pasta with cheddar and broccoli rabe.
Photo by David Malosh, Prop Styling by Cindy DiPrima, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich

This pasta offers the familiar comfort of baked macaroni and cheese but with pops of pleasantly bitter bright green broccoli rabe throughout. Serve alongside a crisp salad with a simple vinaigrette to balance out the richness of the pasta.  

  

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