Meatball Lasagna Bake

I was looking through some of the recipes that I had clipped and saved out of different magazines. I came across this one and thought it sounded pretty good, so I decided to put it here for safe keeping. The prep time includes cooking of the noodles. Submitted to "Zaar" on June 29th, 2006. I had originally Submitted this to "Zaar" on the above date and now I'm going to make it public on January 6th, 2007.

• Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) package bow tie pasta (or your choice)
• 1 (26 1/2ounce) can  pasta sauce
• 1  egg, beaten
• 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
• 1  cup  shredded parmesan cheese, divided
• 1 (16 ounce) bag  frozen meatballs, thawed and cut in half
• 2  cups  shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350ºF. Spray 9 x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Cook pasta to desired tenderness; drain, return to pan and add half of sauce.
3. Spoon half of this into prepared dish.
4. Combine egg, ricotta cheese, and 1/2 of Parmesan cheese; spread evenly over pasta.
5. Top with meatballs and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
6. Top with remaining pasta, spreading evenly.
7. Pour remaining sauce over pasta, spreading evenly.
8. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese.
9. Cover with foil, and bake for 1 hour or until bubbly.
10. Uncover and bake 5 more minutes or until cheese melts.