Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, baked spaghetti casserole. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This baked spaghetti casserole has layers of pasta, cottage cheese, spaghetti sauce, and Nutritional Information. Why make baked spaghetti instead of regular ol' spaghetti with meat sauce ? Toss with spaghetti, then transfer to baking dish and top with mozzarella and Parmesan.
Baked Spaghetti Casserole is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Baked Spaghetti Casserole is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have baked spaghetti casserole using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Spaghetti Casserole:
- Take Meat Sauce:
- Prepare 1 tbsp. olive oil
- Make ready 1 lb. ground beef
- Get 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- Get 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Take 1 can (28 oz.) no salt added crushed tomatoes
- Make ready 1 tsp. each brown sugar. dried basil
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Get 1/4 tsp. pepper
- Get Pasta & Cheesy Layers:
- Prepare 1 box (16 oz.) thin spaghetti pasta
- Make ready 2 large eggs
- Get 1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- Make ready 5 tbsp. salted butter, melted
- Take 2 cups ricotta cheese
- Take 2 cups freshly shredded mozzarella cheese
- Make ready 1 cup freshly shredded white cheddar
- Make ready 1/2 cup freshly shredded parmesan cheese
Or maybe you will if you eat the whole pan. We love the Market Day Spaghetti Pie casserole. This is my own version that the kids like even better and its cheaper! Today I wanna show you a quick an easy dish to make.
Instructions to make Baked Spaghetti Casserole:
- Heat the oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Once it's hot, add the beef and cook, breaking it up, until it's browned throughout. Then drain any excess grease and add the onion to the skillet. Once the onion softens up, add the garlic and cook another minute or so, until fragrant. Stir in the crushed tomatoes, brown sugar, basil, salt and pepper, then lower the heat and let it simmer while you start cooking the pasta.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a 9x13" baking pan and set it aside. Cook the spaghetti until al dente in a large pot of salted water. When it's ready, drain it and return it to the pot. In a small bowl, beat the eggs, melted butter and grated parmesan cheese together. Then pour it over the drained pasta and toss to fully coat. Place the shredded mozzarella, parmesan and white cheddar in a bowl and toss together to integrate it all together.
- Place half of the pasta into the prepared pan, then top with half of the ricotta and half of the meat sauce. Sprinkle half of the shredded cheese blend over that, then repeat the layers with the rest. Make sure to completely cover the pasta with the top layer of sauce. Cover the pan with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Then remove the foil, and bake another 15-20 minutes, until the cheese has started to brown. Let it cool for 10 or so minutes, then slice into squares and serve.
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