Easy & Simple Baked Mostaccioli Recipe
This easy baked Mostaccioli is the ultimate comfort food! Mostaccioli pasta is tossed with a simple, savory meat sauce, layered with creamy ricotta and melty mozzarella cheese, then baked until bubbly and golden. It’s a hearty family dinner that delivers all the cheesy goodness of baked pasta without a lot of fuss—so you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time around the table.
Equipment
- 1 9x13 inch baking dish
- 1 6 quart pot or large skillet
Ingredients
- 24 ounce marinara sauce
- 6 ounce tomato paste
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 lb mostaccioli noodles
- 16 ounces ricotto cheese
- 8 ounces fresh mozzarella sliced
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375°
- In a large skillet or sauce pan brown meat. Add salt, Italian seasoning blend, and tomato past stir to combine.
- Add jar of marinara sauce + 1/2 of the jar full of water to the ground beef. Stir to combine, turn down to a simmer and let cook for 20 minutes over medium low heat.
- Fill large pot with water and add 1 tablespoon of salt, bring to a boil, cook mostaccioli shaped paste al dente. Do not over cook pasta. Remove pasta and drain. Do not rinse.
- Add pasta to the sauce. Stir and remove sauce from stove top.
- Add half of the pasta and sauce to baking dish. Spoon ricotta cheese over the of the past and sauce.
- Pour remaining pasta and sauce over top of ricotta. Slice mozzarella and lay over top of mostaccioli. Bake at 375 for 20-30 minutes. Until bubbly and cheese is starting to brown.
Notes
You can also make homemade spaghetti sauce and use it in place of the canned sauce and ground beef.
Nutrition
Serving: 2cupsCalories: 577kcalCarbohydrates: 55gProtein: 34gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 104mgSodium: 1152mgPotassium: 1000mgFiber: 4gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 895IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 339mgIron: 4mg
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