Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 medium onion, (chopped)
- 2 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 1 12 oz can tomato pasta
- 1 15 oz can water
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 24 oz cottage cheese, (or Ricotta cheese)
- 2 lbs mozzarella cheese, (grated)
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 16 oz box mini farfalle, (bow tie pasta)
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350° and spray a 13 x 9 baking dish with a non stick spray. Set aside.
- In a large skillet, cook ground beef and onions over medium heat.
- Sprinkle garlic salt, salt and pepper on ground beef while cooking.
- Cook ground beef until done. Drain fat. Return to pan.
- Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, oregano, basil to meat mixtures. Stir until combined.
- Cover and cook over low heat for 20-25 minutes.
- In a large pot, add water and bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Add pasta and cook until al dente.
- Drain, rinse pasta. Set aside.
- Spoon 1/3 of the meat mixture in the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
- Add 1/2 of pasta to cover meat mixture.
- Spoon 1/2 of cottage cheese and cover pasta.
- Sprinkle 1/3 of grated mozzarella cheese over the top of cottage cheese.
- Next spread another 1/3 of meat mixture, Parmesan cheese, remaining pasta, remaining cottage cheese, 1/3 mozzarella cheese in that order.
- Lastly, add remaining meat mixture, and remaining cheese.
- Cover with foil. Place in oven for 1 hour. Remove foil and cook for additional 15-20 minutes until heated through.
