Baked Pasta Casserole
- luvlittlehearts
- May 22, 2016
- 2 min read
Ingredients
Medium shell pasta - 1/2 box = 1/2 lb
Cheese - 1/2 cup - I use a mix of Parmesan and sharp white cheddar Salt to taste For the Meat Sauce
Pasta Sauce - 12 oz
Dry red wine - 1/4 to 1/2 cup
Philly cream cheese - 2 table spoon( Onion and chives flavor) . (Optional)
Olive Oil - 2 table spoon
Meat - 1 lb ( chicken, beef, lamb, turkey or a mix) Onion chopped - 1 Garlic chopped - 2 cloves
Sun dried tomatoes-1/2 cup Ground Cinnamon - 1/4 to 1/2 tea spoon ( this is an update and i typed it wrong before) Ground Cumin - 1/4 -to 1/2 tea spoon Dried Oregano - 1/4 tea spoon Red chilli powder - 1/8 tea spoon Crushed pepper - a large pinch Parsley chopped - a handful Salt to taste
Method: Heat olive oil in a cooking pot and add chopped onion and garlic and sauté for 5 minutes. Add meat and cook for 15 minutes or until it is no longer pink. Add dry red wine and cook for a couple of minutes and add ground cinnamon, cumin, sun-dried tomatoes, & red chilli powder, and sauté for 5 minutes. Stir in pepper and chopped parsley. Add pasta sauce and 1/4 cup water and cook covered for 45 minutes or until it is well cooked. Add more water if needed and if it sticks to the bottom, bbut it should be thick in gravy when it is done. Stir occasionally. When it done set aside and add 2 table spoons of Philly cream cheese if you are using it. Meanwhile cook pasta according to the package directions. Drain and set aside. Preheat Oven to 350 degree F. Add pasta to the meat sauce and mix well. Pour this to a baking dish . Sprinkle with 1/2 cup Parmesan and cheddar and bake for 20- 30 minutes. Serve Warm.
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