Now I have never been a fan of spaghetti like even when I was little.
It just makes such a mess(well I do anyway, I never mastered spaghetti twirling)
I saw some recipes for baked spaghetti and I thought hmmmm may want to give this a try
So I took a few recipes and added some ingredients of my own and came up with this recipe and man oh man it is oh so good!
Oh So good Baked spaghetti
Course: MainCuisine: ItalianDifficulty: EasyServings
10
servingsPrep time
20
minutesCooking time
45
minutesIngredients
16 oz cooked spaghetti noodles
2 eggs
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
5 tablespoons butter
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 clove garlic minced
1 8 Oz cream cheese softened
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 pound Italian sausage (mild or spicy… your choice)
1 large jar of marinara sauce
2 cups of mozzerella cheese
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Grease a 9X13 casserole dish
- Cook spaghetti noodles until almost tender
- Whisk eggs with Parmesan cheese and melted butter
- Let noodles cool off
- Toss egg and cheese mixture with cooked noodles (don’t put egg mixture into piping hot noodles or you will have scrambled eggs)
- Place noodles into casserole dish
- Combine; Italian seasoning, garlic, ricotta cheese, cream cheese
- Combine cooked meat and jar of marinara
- Spread cream cheese/ricotta/ seasoning mixture over noodles
- Spread sauce over the cheese
- Top with mozzarella
- Bake for 45 minutes
- Remove from oven and let sit for 5-10 minutes
- Serve with garden salad, cole slaw, garlic bread
- Enjoy
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