Rethink classic brats on a bun and instead create a friendly dinner including baked pasta.

This Sept. 21 photo shows bratwurst pasta bake with caramelized onions, peppers and apples in Concord, NH. Rethink classic brats on a bun and instead create a friendly dinner including baked pasta.

While the brats cook, you caramelize a mess of onions, peppers and apples, creating a lightly sweet complement to the peppery sausages.

This bratwurst pasta bake with carmelized onions, peppers and apples serves eight, or a family of four with leftovers for lunch the next day. Matthew Mead ...