Baked Rigatoni with Beef
Baked Rigatoni with Beef
Cooking Light, APRIL 2000
While I was waiting for the potatoes to cook yesterday, I put this recipe together. I used the Francesco Rinaldi baking sauce. I can’t remember the actual name, but I remember it was for baking or something like that. I looked delicious and according to CTM, my BF, it tasted good. I undercooked the pasta because it will continue to cook in the oven. I didn’t make it yesterday, but assembled it so I can bake it later. Thought I’d save some time. I’ll let you know after we eat it, how it tastes, but with beef, pasta, and cheese…I can’t imagine it’s going to taste awful.
We had this last night for dinner. It was delicious just like I thought. It took longer to cook in the oven because it was cold when I put it in there. So it took at least an extra 30 minutes to cook because of that. Take that in mind if you make this ahead of time. I also topped it with more cheese to let that melt on top for about 15 minutes, too. I would definitely make this again. The sauce was Francesco Rinaldi Lasagna Sauce. Pretty good!
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Baked Rigatoni with Beef
Rigatoni is a great family weeknight meal. Slightly undercook the pasta for this classic hamburger casserole because it cooks again in the oven.
Ingredients
- 4 cups Tomato Sauce
- 1 pound ground round
- 4 cups cooked rigatoni (about 2 1/2 cups uncooked pasta)
- 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
- Cooking spray
- 1/4 cup (1 ounce) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Prepare Tomato Sauce.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Cook beef in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until browned; stir to crumble. Drain well. Combine beef, rigatoni, Tomato Sauce, and 1 cup mozzarella in an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with 1/2 cup mozzarella and Parmesan. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
Nutrition Information
Yield
8Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 285Total Fat 10gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 54mgSodium 792mgCarbohydrates 23gFiber 3gSugar 5gProtein 27g
