Baked Fettuccine with Meat Sauce and Tons-O-Mozzarella. Heat the olive in a large fry pan. Add your ground meat, garlic powder, oregano, thyme, dried basil, salt and pepper. In a large sauce pan, heat marinara sauce, butter and cream on low heat.
You can have Baked Fettuccine with Meat Sauce and Tons-O-Mozzarella using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Baked Fettuccine with Meat Sauce and Tons-O-Mozzarella
- It’s of olive oil.
- You need of ground meat (I chose turkey - you choose what you like).
- Prepare of tsps garlic powder (or 2 large cloves garlic minced).
- Prepare of dried basil (if you prefer fresh, I’d recommend you use it to garnish at the end).
- You need of tsps dried oregano (or 1 Tbsp fresh).
- You need of tsps dried thyme (or 1 Tbsp fresh).
- You need of Salt and pepper.
- It’s of (or 2.5 cups) marinara sauce (homemade or jarred - whatever makes you happy 😊).
- You need of butter.
- You need of heavy cream.
- Prepare of shredded low-moisture whole milk mozzarella (I really recommend shredding your own - but no judgement).
- You need of fresh whole milk mozzarella - cut into 1” cubes (aw, yeeeeeeaah!).
- Prepare of fresh fettuccine (or whatever pasta you like - it all tastes the same).
- You need of Parmesan cheese to taste (please use fresh and not from a can - Parmesano Reggiano will change your life).
- It’s of Fat to grease your 9x13 or 3 quart casserole dish (bacon fat is amazing - or butter / olive will work).
- You need of Beverage of your choice.
Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, baked fettuccine with meat sauce and tons-o-mozzarella. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. Heat a large saucepan over medium heat and add the oil.
Baked Fettuccine with Meat Sauce and Tons-O-Mozzarella instructions
Heat the olive in a large fry pan. Add your ground meat, garlic powder, oregano, thyme, dried basil, salt and pepper. Brown meat and set aside..
In a large sauce pan, heat marinara sauce, butter and cream on low heat. Add cooked meat and simmer on low for about 10 mins or so. Ooooooh, that’s niiiiiiicccee…….
Wait, you need a refill 🍷🍷🍷. And to preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit..
Cook pasta until just underdone. Drain and add to your meat sauce. Now toss and then sip 🍷.
Put about half of the sauced pasta into your baking dish (for ribbon pasta, kitchen tongs really help). Top with 1 cup of the fresh mozzarella. Then add remaining sauced pasta and top with shredded mozzarella. Now top with remaining fresh mozzarella. Take a pic and celebrate - yeah, baby!!! Dinner is in work!!.
Bake for about 30-45 mins. If the cheese is getting brown too quickly, remove from oven, loosely tent with foil and return to the oven..
Once it’s ready (melted, browned cheese and everything is thoroughly heated through), remove from oven and let cool for about 10 mins (unless you’re into burning all of the skin off of the roof of your mouth)..
Now, refill (🍷) and enjoy!!.
Break it up with a wooden spoon, then add the onion and. Baked Penne with Meat Sauce and Smoked Mozzarella is penne pasta cooked al dente and smothered in a meat sauce with red wine and mushrooms, layered with grated smoked mozzarella cheese and baked until golden, cheesy perfection. Stir tomato mixture into meat mixture in skillet. Stir in cooked pasta, and olives. We add a lot of salt to our pasta water (it makes the pasta taste delicious).
