Three-Meat Pasta Bake
Recipe: #14930
October 21, 2014
Categories: Casseroles, Pork Roast, Game/Sports Day, Sunday Dinner, Oven Bake, more
"I liked this recipe, and with only roughly 30 minutes from prep to plate it makes a great meal for busy days, for heat I added in some cayenne"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (545.6 g)
- Calories 1223.8
- Total Fat - 61.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 25.1 g
- Cholesterol - 136.8 mg
- Sodium - 3497.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 108 g
- Dietary Fiber - 11.2 g
- Sugars - 6.8 g
- Protein - 59.4 g
- Calcium - 949.7 mg
- Iron - 5.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 18.1 mg
- Thiamin - 1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Bring a covered 8 quart pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add pasta and a handful of salt. Cook according to package directions (approximately 7-10 minutes). Remove from heat when pasta is al dente. Drain.
Step 2
Meanwhile, heat a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Brown sausage meat with a sprinkle of kosher salt and a teaspoon of Italian seasoning.
Step 3
In a blender combine diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, pepper, garlic and onion powders. Blend until smooth.
Step 4
Once pasta is drained, immediately add sauce, 3/4 of both cheeses, 1/2 of pepperoni, 1/2 of sausage, and all the bacon to hot saucepan and stir with pasta until combined.
Step 5
Pour pasta mixture into a 9” deep pie pan cover top of pasta with remaining sausage and pepperoni. Sprinkle remaining cheese over top and bake for 10 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly.
Tips
No special items needed.