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Italian Three Cheese Pasta Pie

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Author Lashawna Moxley

Ingredients

  • 1 lb hot Italian sausage breakfast sausage; hamburger works too
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 15 oz. ricotta cheese
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan shredded
  • 1/4 lb mozzarella grated
  • 1 cup macaroni uncooked any pasta should work but adjust by size
  • 2 cups pasta sauce - use your favorite I make my own-see below

Shawna’s Mega Quick Italian Gravy:

  • 15 oz. tomato sauce
  • 7.5 oz. red wine rinse out can with it
  • 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp Pepper

Instructions

  1. Sauce Instructions:

    Mix all together in a microwave safe dish with a vented lid for 5 minutes and stir. Repeat till thickened/reduced and alcohol taste from wine gone.

  2. Pie Instructions:

    Cook pasta till al Dente (slightly soft, but still sticks to your teeth a little). Cook sausage and drain grease. Beat eggs and add 1/2 the sauce, 1/2 the sausage, ricotta, Parmesan, 1/2 the mozzarella and cooked pasta in a bowl. Grease a baking dish, deep pie pan, spring form pan or cazuela(s).  Fill dish(s) with mixture from the bowl. Pour rest of the sauce, spread the rest of the meat and top with remaining mozzarella over your cooking vessel(s) of choice. Bake for 30 min at 350 degrees and serve.

Recipe Notes

Good served with warm garlic bread and salad. Works well for dinner parties cooked in individual casserole dishes or cazuelas.

Its best when homemade sauce is used from fresh tomatoes, but this is for the cook with limited time to cook.