Meatball Mostaccioli
This is an excellent dish, highly recommended! I made this as written, this is a keeper and going to be a regular. Links to the shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 1 box mostaccioli pasta, (1 lb / 454 g)
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 carton Ricotta cheese, or cottage cheese, (1 lb / 454 g), Shortcut
- 500 grams ground beef, or ground pork, (1 lb)
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning, Shortcut
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 jars pasta sauce, with meat, (24 oz / 680 g each)
- 1/2 cup Romano cheese, grated
- 340 grams frozen meatballs, thawed
- 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Heat a large pot of salted water to a boil, add the pasta and cook until just tender, then drain.
- Preheat your oven to 180 C (350 F). Grease a 9x13 baking pan with butter. In a mixing bowl, mix together the eggs and Ricotta cheese.
- Heat a large pot on medium heat, when hot, add the onion and ground beef. Break up the beef with a spatula and cook until no longer pink, then drain excess fat. I used ground pork.
- Mix in the brown sugar, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, and black pepper.
- Add the pasta and pasta sauce. and mix together with the beef.
- Add half of the beef and pasta to the prepared baking.
- Top with the Ricotta mixture.
- Top with remaining beef and pasta mixture.
- Sprinkle with Romano cheese, top with the meatballs, then sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until heated through.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
Low cost per serving.
Shortcuts: Cottage Cheese, Italian Seasoning.
Adapted from an internet recipe.