Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, rigatoni pasta pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Whatever You Need, Whatever You Want, Whatever You Desire, We Provide. Tightly pack pasta into pan, standing each piece on end. Spread meat sauce on top of pasta.
Rigatoni pasta pie is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Rigatoni pasta pie is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook rigatoni pasta pie using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Rigatoni pasta pie:
- Take 1 lb rigatoni pasta
- Prepare 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- Get 1 lb ground beef
- Make ready 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Get 1 ⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- Make ready 1 (28 ounce) can good quality crushed tomatoes
- Make ready Butter for pan
- Get Salt
- Make ready 1 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
- Get 8 ounces coarsely grated mozzarella cheese
Just look at those tubes of tasty carbs standing at attention, filled with tangy marinara sauce and sporting a gooey, yet simultaneously crispy blanket of melted mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Sprinkle the prepared pasta with the parmesan cheese and mix. In a springform pan, place the rigatoni noodles standing up to fill the pan. Simply put, this homemade pasta pie is comfort food heaven.
Instructions to make Rigatoni pasta pie:
- In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta until slightly underdone (I cooked mine for 12 minutes when the box indicated 14 minutes). One pound of pasta should be cooked in 6 quarts of water, make sure you are using a big enough pot so the pasta doesn't stick together. When done, rinse in cold water and drain again. Toss pasta with 1 Tablespoon olive oil to coat. Set aside.
- Heat remaining 1 Tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground beef. Cook, stirring occasionally until browned. Add garlic, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper. Cook 2 minutes more.
- Add crushed tomatoes; simmer until thickened, about 20 minutes.
- Toss pasta with Parmesan cheese. Butter a 9-inch springform pan. Tightly pack pasta into pan, standing each piece on end. Spread meat sauce on top of pasta.
- Push the meat sauce into the pasta holes filling each one up. Stuffing the meat into the holes is a weirdly satisfying task. Enough said.
- Place in a 400 degree oven for 15 minutes. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top and bake another 10-15 minutes until cheese is golden. Remove from oven and let stand for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edge to loosen and then unmold.
- Cut into wedges and serve with any remaining meat sauce you might have.
- Serve with garlic cheesy bread inside salad
Kind of like a re-imagined baked ziti, it includes all of the classic Italian flavors you crave: tomato sauce, freshly cooked rigatoni and plenty of cheese, delivered in a clever and beautiful package. Drain any excess water and return to the pot. This will act as a sort of "glue" to hold the pasta together. Hold the pan on a slight angle and arrange the rigatoni in the pan so they stand upright. Fill the pan, sliding the rigatoni in to fit without packing the pasta too tight.
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