Jeff’s Italian Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 lb pasta think bowtie or mini lasagna
- 1 lb ground meat beef and/or Italian sausage
- white sauce
- red sauce
- mozzarella cheese
Instructions
Prepare Red Sauce
- If you are making your own red sauce, you'll want to do this first so it can simmer for a while.
Cook and cool pasta.
- Boil water
- Add noodles to water; cook 2 minutes less than directions on package
- Pour noodles and water into a strainer.
- Run cold water over the noodles to stop the cooking process.
- Leave in strainer until white sauce is done.
Prepare Meat
- Brown your meat; set aside.
Prepare White Sauce
- Here you would want to make your favorite alfredo or bechamel sauce.
Bring it Together
- In one pan, mix meat and red sauce.
- In another pan, mix white sauce and noodles.
- In a 9x13 pan, layer the two mixtures until pan is full ending with red sauce.
- Top with mozzarella
- Bake at 375 until browned and bubbling
Notes
This is a simple recipe. you can even use store bought jars of sauce if you are in a hurry. The magic of this recipe lies in the mixture of white and red sauces, and how they are introduced.