Olive Garden's Five Cheese Marinara Sauce is one of those pasta dishes you won't soon forget! This Five Cheese Marinara recipe originates from Olive Garden's Five Cheese Ziti al Forno, which means baked ziti pasta. The sauce has become widely popular, so much so that the famous Olive Garden restaurant has even created a separate menu for pairing the sauce with your favorite pasta! So we have followed suit and have made the best cheese marinara sauce recipe for you to try in this post.
The homemade sauces including Five Cheese Marinara blended with Fontina cheese and other secret ingredients will make your mouth water and also easy to make at home.
This cheesy marinara pasta sauce is a crowd favorite along with Olive Garden's meatballs, which you can also add to this recipe. Let’s make the best homemade pasta sauce!
Before you start making Five-Cheese Marinara Sauce, here are some tips that will enhance this wonderful dish:
Five cheese substitutes for each cheese are listed below:
This Five Cheese Marinara is so simple to make, yet so delicious and satisfying, and packed with cheese and delicious flavors. To make this Olive Garden Five Cheese Marinara Sauce recipe you all need a hefty dose of marinara, herbs, and a ton of cheese that will tantalize your taste buds. Serve it over your favorite pasta, or you can serve it over baked potatoes or your favorite rice!
First, gather the ingredients, and necessary tools like a pan or skillet, spoon, spatula, etc.
Heat the olive oil in a large pan, then sauté the onion until soft.
Add in the garlic and season with salt, pepper and oregano. Cook until fragrant.
Pour in marinara and alfredo sauce and mix. Cook the mixture on low flame for 10 minutes.
Add in all the cheeses and mix well until it melts.
Add in the pasta into the sauce and mix until the pasta is completely coated with the sauce.
Serve the pasta with Parmesan on top!
Serving Size 100g
Servings 8
* Recipe Disclaimer
You can make this Five-Cheese Marinara with any 3 or 4 cheeses of your choice from the recipe. This can make it more convenient and cost-effective.
You can store the cooked marinara sauce separately from the noodles in an airtight container for 3-4 days. Reheat the portion of sauce you want to eat.