I started making these Homemade Pasta Pockets when I was 21 years old. My boyfriend at the time would hallow our bread and shove his pasta in it. So, this simple Pasta Stuffed Bread was born, and its yummy!
This is a simple pasta night dinner idea. A pasta sandwich is a tasty combination for sure! Add meat or not. Either way its satisfying.
If you like pasta and good quality bread as much as most people do, why not combine the two and create your own signature Homemade Pasta Pocket?? It’s simple!
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What You Need To Make This
All you need is some fresh baked French or Italian bread which you can grab from any market. Halve it, and hollow it out, then simply toss cooked pasta with sauce or butter and seasoning and stuff it in! You can add in grilled chicken, sausage, veggies or whatever you enjoy! You now have a meal in a pocket that you can easily eat to fuel you and your family much better than a drive thru meal ever could!
Long ago I thought about the Parisian sandwiches filled with meats and cheeses that I had heard about and though to myself, why don’t they do that with pasta? So I ran with it and it’s delicious!
Have fun playing around with different variations!
Kitchen Tip: If your bread was purchased or made prior to the day you are using it or is a little dried out. Refresh your bread by running it quickly under water, wrapping it in foil and popping it in the oven at 350 for 10 minutes or so. Good as new!
Ingredients
- French bread or Italian bread. A nice crusty loaf works best. La Brea Bread makes take and bake loaves, you bake them for 8 minutes or so and they are wonderful, so fresh.
- Pasta of your choice
- Sauce of you choice
- Protein of your choice or meatless.
- Fresh basil (optional) and Parmesan cheese.
Variations
- Make this stuffed bread recipe using pasta in tomato sauce, pasta with butter or an oil sauce, a Vodka Sauce or whatever you enjoy. Pasta tossed in Puttanesca Sauce would be delicious as well.
- Make it meatless or use a meat sauce, stuff mini meatballs in with the pasta or sausage, shredded chicken. Whatever you dream up!
- Any type of pasta will work.
Running out the door to sports practice or dance class? These Homemade Pasta Pockets are something you will feel good about feeding your family and they are perfect for when you are on the go as well! Stuff them, wrap them tightly in foil and get going on your way!
Storage
Make these head of time, wrap in parchment paper and then an outside layer of plastic wrap or aluminum foil to keep thigs tight and in place. When ready to reheat remove the outer layer of plastic/aluminum foil and reheat in microwave just to warm it through.
Hope you enjoy this fun twist on homemade Hot Pockets! XO Colleen
Recipe originally posted May, 2017. Updated May 2025.
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Colleen Kennedy is the author of 3 cookbooks and has appeared on QVC and other shows inspiring home cooks of all levels. She has a popular TikTok channel @ColleensCooking with hundreds of short recipe videos. Colleen lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and kids, she started the food blog, Soufflé Bombay in 2009. Read more about her here.
Homemade Pasta Pockets
Ingredients
- 16 oz linguine pasta or whichever pasta you have on hand
- 2 loaves French bread or your favorite crusty baguette style bread 4 loaves if small 2 loaves halved if large. You can also use Italian bread loaves.
- Pasta sauce red sauce, white sauce, garlic oil, alfredo or what ever sauce you enjoy most
- Fresh shaved Asiago or Parmesan cheese parsley, salt & pepper, red pepper flakes, sautéed veggies, cooked chicken, sausage or ground meat.
- Optional: mini meatballs, shredded chicken, sausage etc
Instructions
- Cook your pasta according to package directions for al dente (don’t forget to salt your water, that's what helps pasta have flavor. Be generous and allow the water to taste like the ocean).
- While pasta is cooking, half your baguettes or bread loaf and hollow each one out by first pulling the bread out with your fingers followed by using a fork or knife to gently scrape away as much bread as you can while leaving the crust in-tact.
- Set aside.
- Heat your sauce and prepare any add-ins you like. If your kids want plain pasta, simply add butter, salt and pepper to their portion of the pasta. As for the rest, toss with the sauce, garnish with cheese, red pepper and parsley and with your clean hands or tongs add portions of pasta, compressing after each addition until your “pocket” is full.
- Serve or wrap in foil or parchment paper and eat on the go.
- Kitchen Tip: If your bread was purchased or made prior to the day you are making this. Refresh your crust by popping the whole loaves into your 400 degree oven for 4-5 minutes.
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Kelly Moran says
These sound amazing! I'm thinking these would be awesome for college kids to make when they are away at school too! Another thing I love about these is how portable they are! I could make them and the kids can eat them on the go! Love this idea! So neat!
Marci says
These would be perfect for busy sports nights. And I know everyone in my family would love them. Thanks!
Sherry says
Looks yummy enough carbs to fill up my 16year 6,3" son love the idea
Colleen says
Thanks Sherry! I have a 15 year old son and he lives on meat and carbs. Where do they put all this food??!! Lol! Hope he enjoys the Pasta Pockets!