Don’t make ordinary pasta and sauce. Take some TLC to dinner tonight and make something special, like this Rigatoni Pie. It’s a bit tedious to stack the noodles, but the extra 10 minutes of time is rewarded with the presentation.
Ingredients:
I box or rigatoni pasta
1 jar of prepared marinara sauce
1 lb of ground beef
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups of shredded mozzarella
Boil a large pot of water and add pasta. Cook until al dente. Strain in a colendar and rinse with cold water.
In a large skillet, add ground beef and cook over medium heat. Add salt and pepper to taste. When beef is cooked, pour 3/4 of the marinara sauce. Stir to combine. Remove from heat.
In a greased springform pan, take the cooled rigatoni pasta and individually stack each noodle on its end, side-by-side, until the surface of the pan is filled.
Pour ground beef mixture over the top. Add remaining marinara sauce. Top with mozzarella.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 minutes, or until the cheese starts to brown.