If you want to make the sauce ahead of time, stop after the sauce portion and store sauce. When ready to serve, heat the amount of sauce you need in a <g class="gr_ gr_98 gr-alert gr_spell gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del" id="98" data-gr-id="98">sauce pan</g> (or the microwave) until warm, and the proceed with making the pasta and serving.