Johnny Mussetti Recipes

Steps:

• In a large pot with boiling salted water cook pasta until al dente. Drain.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook ground beef until no pink remains. Add onions and celery and cook until they are softened. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir in tomato soup, tomato sauce, and water. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• In a casserole dish, mix together the cooked and drained pasta with the meat mixture.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree F (175 degree C) oven for 20 to 30 minutes. Sprinkle the top with grated Cheddar cheese and continue to cook until cheese is melted, about 3 to 5 minutes.

Steps:

• In large heavy dutch oven combine ground meat, onions, celery and bell pepper.
• Saute until meat is browned then drain off any excess grease.
• Add garlic, mushrooms, black olives, tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup, corn, Worchestershire sauce, salt, black pepper, white pepper and cayenne pepper, mixing well.
• Cover and simmer over low heat about 20 minutes.
• Add cheddar cheese and mix well.
• Gently fold in cooked noodles.
• Pour into slightly buttered 10x14 casserole dish or two 9x9 dishes.
• Top with your choice of onion rings or crushed Ritz crackers combined with melted butter, if desired.
• Bake in 350 oven for 30 minutes or until heated through.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350F and then spray a 9x13 inch pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large frying pan, brown the ground beef, onion, garlic and salt and pepper. The ground beef should be fully cooked. Drain the grease.
• Add the soup, tomato sauce, tabasco and seasoning along with 1 tomato soup can full of water (after you have emptied the soup) to the ground beef mixture. Mix well.
• Add the olives, corn and noodles to the ground beef mixture and stir well to mix.
• Add the mixture to the 9x13 pan and pack down lightly. Coat the surface of the mixture with the cheese. Cover the pan with aluminum foil.
• Bake for 1 1/4-1 1/2 hour. If you want a golden cheese crust, take the foil off when the casserole is done and stick it under a broiler til it turns golden. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in next nine ingredients. Spoon into a greased 3-qt. baking dish; sprinkle with cheese. , Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until heated through.

Steps:

• Saute in 1/4 C.butter: ground beef, onions, salt, garlic salt & pepper.
• In another pan, cook macaroni until barely done.
• Drain and add 1/4°C butter to macaroni.
• Add sauteed items, 2/3 cheese, 1 can tomato sauce and mushrooms to the macaroni.
• Mix and put into 2-2qt. casserole dishes.
• Pour the other tomato sauce and cheese evenly over the top.
• Bake at 325 degrees until bubbly. (appr. 45 mins).

Steps:

• Bring large pot of water to boil and cook noodles according to package directions. Drain.
• While the noodles are cooking, brown the ground beef with the diced onion, celery and bell pepper until beef is cooked through and vegetables are softened. Season to taste with salt and pepper, if desired.
• Mix together beef mixture, noodles, tomato sauce, and tomato soup and place in large, rectangular baking dish.
• Top with shredded cheddar and sliced green olives.
• Bake uncovered at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until cheese is melted and casserole is heated through.
• Special Note: I often bake this in two 9x9 pans and then freeze one for later use if I am making this for myself. To use frozen casserole simply thaw overnight in the refrigerator and bake at 350, uncovered, to heat through.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until just al dente, 6 to 8 minutes; drain. Run cold water over the pasta to stop pasta from cooking further. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, cook the ground beef and sausage until completely browned and crumbled, 7 to 10 minutes. Mix in the onion, celery, garlic, and pepper; continue to cook and stir another 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and stir in tomatoes and tomato sauce. Allow to cool five minutes.
• Lightly grease a large casserole dish. Spread the pasta over the bottom of the dish. Sprinkle the Italian cheese blend over the pasta. Pour the meat mixture over the pasta and cheese. Cover dish with heavy aluminum foil. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes; remove foil and sprinkle Cheddar cheese evenly over the casserole. Continue baking until Cheddar cheese has melted, about 5 minutes. Rest for 10 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• In large skillet, saute peppers, celery, onions, and ground beef and pork in butter or margarine. Add salt. Reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes.
• Stir in olives, mushrooms, and tomato soup. Cook 5 more minutes.
• Cook wide noodles according to directions on package. Drain noodles.
• Turn into large casserole dish or roasting pan.
• Add tomato sauce, Prego sauce and meat mixture. Gently stir until well blended. Sprinkle Velveeta cheese on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook macaroni according to package directions and drain.
• Cook and crumble ground beef in pot over moderate high heat until no longer pink. Drain most of the grease, leaving a couple of tablespoons behind in the pot. Add salt & onions and fry until limp, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and fry for about 5 minutes. Add tomato sauce & brown sugar. Remove from heat and mix in 1 cup of cheese to beef. Add macaroni tossing gently but thoroughly.
• Transfer to 13X-9X-2X-inch baking dish. Scatter remaining 1 cup of cheese on top. Bake, uncovered, until brown and bubbling, about 20 minutes.