Mostacolli With Meat Sauce
"This is a recipe that was given to me 35 years ago from an Italian friend. This is a really nice pasta dish served with a salad, garlic bread and wine. The only difference is when I make this, I do not mix up the meat sauce and pasta together unless I am serving a crowd. I usually cook up about 6-8 ounces of the pasta and spoon the sauce over individual plates of the mostaccioli noodles. I freeze the rest of the sauce to make another meal later on."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (185.5 g)
- Calories 314.9
- Total Fat - 9.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.9 g
- Cholesterol - 49.6 mg
- Sodium - 308.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 40.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.1 g
- Sugars - 2.1 g
- Protein - 18.7 g
- Calcium - 20.5 mg
- Iron - 2.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 15.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a medium saucepan, brown hamburger and onion; drain liquid.
Step 2
Add the green pepper, garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, oregano, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and bay leaf.
Step 3
Cover and let simmer for 30-45 minutes.
Step 4
In a large stock pot, cook the pasta in boiling salted water for approximately 12-15 minutes or until tender.
Step 5
Drain the pasta in a colander and add pasta back into the stock pot.
Step 6
Add the meat sauce to the pot of pasta and mix throughly. Add a little water if it looks to thick or dry. Simmer until mostacolli noodles and meat sauce are heated evenly together.
Step 7
Serve on plates and sprinkle with freshly grated parmesan cheese.
Tips
No special items needed.