fat man's ziti
(2 RATINGS)
I devised this recipe through taking a couple I found and adding some extra things in I like. Everybody went nuts, said it was a real "gut buster" lol!
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Ingredients
- 1 pound box ziti or penne
- 2 pounds hamburger
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 3-4 pinches dried rosemary
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 3/4 cup cottage cheese
- 24 ounces shredded mozzerella (1.5 bags)
- 16 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed & drained
- 1 jar pasta sauce
- 1/2 pound bacon, cooked crisp & crumbled
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
How To Make fat man's ziti
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Step 1Cook hamburger with onions, rosemary, red pepper & garlic. Drain & add pasta sacue. Simmer while pasta cooks.
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Step 2Boil pasta in salted water till al dente.
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Step 3Remove meat mixture from heat & stir in drained noodles.
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Step 4Mix together sour cream & cottage cheese.
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Step 5Layer half the noodle/meat mixture in the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
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Step 6Distribute spinach evenly over the top then sprinkle with crumbled bacon.
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Step 7Sprinkle with about 1/2 the shredded mozzerella and smooth sour cream/cottage cheese mixture over top.
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Step 8Add remaining noodle/meat mixture.
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Step 9Top with remaining mozzerella & bake at 350 till brown & bubbly.
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Step 10This fills a 9x13 pan to the point of over-flowing. If you have a larger/deeper lasagna pan I would probably use it. The last time I made this I had a little juice spill over in my oven :(
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