Layered Ground Beef Ziti Ricotta Casserole
"This recipe may be reduced by half and baked in an 8 x 8-inch baking dish. Prep times does not include cooking the pasta, cook the pasta only halfway it will soften more in the oven"
Original is 7 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (515.7 g)
- Calories 1054.4
- Total Fat - 49.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 22.2 g
- Cholesterol - 285.5 mg
- Sodium - 1055.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 73.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 9 g
- Sugars - 5.2 g
- Protein - 76.8 g
- Calcium - 627.8 mg
- Iron - 7.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 9.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, then grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
Step 2
In a large skillet cook beef with onion until browned (about 15 minutes (adding in the garlic the last 2 minutes of cooking).
Step 3
Stir in spaghetti sauce reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for about 20-25 minutes, seasoning with salt and pepper to taste during cooking
Step 4
Meanwhile In a large bowl, combine the eggs, ricotta cheese, 1-1/2 cups mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese until thoroughly combined; mix in the cooked pasta.
Step 5
Spoon one-third of the meat sauce into baking dish; top with half of the pasta mixture. Repeat layers. Top with remaining meat sauce.
Step 6
Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes; uncover,sprinkle with remaining 1-1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, then return to oven to bake another 8-10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted (let stand for 15 minutes before serving).
Tips
No special items needed.
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