Serves 1
Directions
- 1Heat your pan over medium heat and drop in a pound of ground beef with a diced onion along with the seasonings.
- 2Drop 16 ounces of rigatoni in to some boiling water, or you could use penne, or whatever pasta you got on hand.
- 3Add busy people garlic and 2 24 ounce jars of marinara.
- 4Flip that heat all the way down to low and pour in 1/2 cup heavy cream and let it hang out until the pasta finishes up.
- 5Grab a big baking dish and pour in half your rigatoni, along with half of your meat sauce.
- 6Mix that together and then dollop in about 12 ounces ricotta.
- 7Add on the rest of your pasta along with the rest of that meat sauce, and then sprinkle one more cup of mozzarella over the top.
- 8Put it into a 375 degree oven for about 30 minutes.
- 9For the last couple minutes, play my favorite game of will the broiler burn it or brown it.
- 10Once it's golden and bubbly, you can just pull it out and top with some parmesan cheese and you've got dinner ready for the next two nights.
Ingredients
- 16 oz rigatoni pasta
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 onion
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 0.25 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 2 jars marinara
- 0.5 cup heavy cream
- 1.5 cups ricotta cheese
- 8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
- dried parsley
- Parmesan cheese
Equipment
panpotbaking dishoven
Tips
- Penne or ziti would also work for this recipe.
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