Baked Macaroni Delight
🕒 Cook Time: 40 minutes
🕒 Prep Time: 20 minutes
🕒 Total Time: 1 hour
Description: Get your fix for baked Italian pasta right at home! Add a salad and bread for a down-home meal your friends and family will adore. As with any tomato dish, this tastes even better the next day. This recipe comes from an old Polly-O Cheese cookbook.
Recipe Category: One Dish Meal
Keywords: Penne, Pasta Shells, Pork, Meat, European, Potluck, < 60 Mins, Oven, Stove Top
Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 1072.8
- Fat Content: 55.4g
- Saturated Fat Content: 26.5g
- Cholesterol Content: 153.4mg
- Sodium Content: 2200.9mg
- Carbohydrate Content: 85g
- Fiber Content: 6.4g
- Sugar Content: 17g
- Protein Content: 55.9g
Ingredients:
- 1 sweet Italian sausage link
- 16 oz rigatoni pasta
- 16 oz pasta shells
- 16 oz ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese or romano
- 1/2 cup pasta sauce
Instructions:
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Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
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Pan brown sausage until tender, drain, and cool, then crumble coarsely.
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Cook pasta until just tender, about 2 minutes less than package directions.
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Drain, rinse in cold water, and rinse again to stop the cooking process.
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In a large bowl, combine sausage, ricotta cheese, 1 cup of mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup grated parmesan or romano cheese, and 1/2 cup pasta sauce. Mix well.
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Add the drained pasta to the mixture and mix until evenly combined.
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Cover the bottom of a large baking pan or casserole dish with a layer of pasta sauce.
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Spread a third of the pasta mixture over the sauce layer and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
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Repeat the layers until all the ingredients are used, ending with a layer of mozzarella cheese and grated parmesan or romano cheese on top.
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Bake in the preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes, or until the cheese on top is light brown and bubbling.
Enjoy your delightful Baked Macaroni straight from the oven! 🍝
