fat man's ziti

(2 RATINGS)
46 Pinches
Bowling Green, KY
Updated on Sep 14, 2010

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

  • Step 1
    Cook hamburger with onions, rosemary, red pepper & garlic. Drain & add pasta sacue. Simmer while pasta cooks.
  • Step 2
    Boil pasta in salted water till al dente.
  • Step 3
    Remove meat mixture from heat & stir in drained noodles.
  • Step 4
    Mix together sour cream & cottage cheese.
  • Step 5
    Layer half the noodle/meat mixture in the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
  • Step 6
    Distribute spinach evenly over the top then sprinkle with crumbled bacon.
  • Step 7
    Sprinkle with about 1/2 the shredded mozzerella and smooth sour cream/cottage cheese mixture over top.
  • Step 8
    Add remaining noodle/meat mixture.
  • Step 9
    Top with remaining mozzerella & bake at 350 till brown & bubbly.
  • Step 10
    This 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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