Baked Rigatoni With Beef Recipe 44

Steps:

• Prepare Tomato Sauce.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Cook beef in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until browned; stir to crumble. Drain well.
• Combine beef, rigatoni, Tomato Sauce, and 1 cup mozzarella in an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• Top with 1/2 cup mozzarella and Parmesan. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Steps:

• Cook rigatoni.
• Drain.
• Brown ground beef.
• Drain grease.
• Mix ground beef, spaghetti sauce, 1 1/2 cups mozzarella.
• cheese and ricotta cheese together with rigatoni noodles.
• Pat mixture in a 13" x 9" pan.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese.
• Sprinkle some grated parmesan cheese on top.
• Cover with foil.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• For the topping: Add the ricotta, basil, and salt to a small bowl. Stir together with a rubber spatula. Set aside.
• For the pasta: Bring a large pot of water to boil. Season well with salt and cook the rigatoni for 5 minutes. Drain well, reserving 1/2 cup pasta water.
• Meanwhile, heat a large braiser or ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil and sausage to the pan. Cook, stirring often and breaking apart the meat with the back of a spoon, until beginning to brown, about 7 minutes. Add the broccoli and garlic and cook to marry the flavors, about 3 minutes. Stir in the marinara and 1/4 teaspoon salt until fully combined. Add the pasta to the pan and sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese. Toss well to coat. Add the reserved pasta water to thin the sauce slightly.
• Dollop the ricotta cheese mixture evenly over the top. Nestle the ricotta mixture into the pasta and cover with some of the pasta. Sprinkle with the mozzarella and remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese and bake until golden brown and bubbly, about 20 minutes. Allow to sit for 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a medium casserole dish (or a dish large enough to hold the mixture).
• In a skillet cook the whole small mushrooms in a little oil or butter until all the moisture has evaporated (about 10 minutes) remove to an extra large bowl.
• To the same skillet add in the ground beef with chili flakes, onions, garlic and red bell pepper; cook until beef is no longer pink and the veggies are tender (about 12-15 minutes).
• Season with salt and pepper; drain any fat, then add to the bowl with the cooked mushrooms.
• To the bowl with the beef and mushrooms, add in all the sauce and 1-1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese (or to taste) toss well to combine.
• Add in the cooked pasta and toss again.
• Transfer the mixture to a greased casserole dish.
• Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.
• Bake for about 15-20 minutes, or until the casserole is heated through and bubbly.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle about 1-1/2 cups mozzarella cheese on top.
• Return to oven and continue to bake until the cheese has melted (about 5-6 minutes).

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375. Spray 13 x 9 baking dish with cooking spray. Cook rigatoni according to package. If making sausage, cook over med-high heat 5-7 minutes. In baking dish layer half each of pasta, sausage or soy meat, sauce and cheese. Repeat layers. Bake 35-40 minutes or until hot and cheese is golden brown.