Baked Macaroni Delight

Submitted by MNLisaB

"Get your fix for baked Italian pasta right at home! Add a salad and bread for a down home meal your friends and family will adore. As with any tomato dish, this tastes even better the next day. This is from an old Polly-O Cheese cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 lb bulk sweet Italian sausage link
• 16 16 ounces rigatoni pasta or 16 ounces pasta shells
• 16 ounces ricotta cheese
• 16 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1⁄2 cup grated parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup romano cheese
• 1 (28 ounce) jar favorite pasta sauce

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400*.
2. Pan brown sausage until tender, drain and cool, then crumble coarsely.
3. Cook pasta until just tender, 2 minutes less than package directions.
4. Drain, rinse in cold water and rinse again.
5. Combine sausage, ricotta, 1 cup of mozzarella, 1/4 cup grated parmesan or romano and 1/2 cup pasta sauce and mix well.
6. Mix this into the drained pasta.
7. Cover the bottom of a large baking pan or casserole with a layer of pasta sauce, then a third of the pasta mixture and a sprinkle of mozzarella.
8. Repeat layers until all the ingredients are used, ending with the last of the mozzarella cheese and the grated parmesan or romano.
9. Bake in a preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes until cheese on top is light brown and bubbling.

Reviews

[Merlot]

This is a great Italian casserole. Full of flavor and easy to prepare. I used the Ziti pasta. Added a salad and bread and we had a wonderful meal. Thank you for sharing this, MNLisaB.

 

[heather in Ont]

This is fantastic. I added 2 crushed garlic cloves,. Lots of flavour and easy to make. I might add oregano next time, but my dh thinks it is fine the way it is. Kids loved it.

 

[*OzMan*]

A good, easy casserole! I made exactly as directed, with only change being that I used "mild" sausage, as it is what I had. I will make again using the sweet sausage, and this recipe will go into the "cookbook"! :)