Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 1 1/4 cup pasta (uncooked, any kind)
- 50 slices pepperoni
- 1 cup bacon ( chopped, more or less to taste)
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/2 pound ground pork
- 1/2 pound ground sausage (or 2 large sausages)
- 1 cup ham (chopped )
- 28 ounces canned tomatoes (diced )
- 32 ounces tomato sauce
- 2 tblsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tblsp salt
- 1 tblsp black pepper
- 1 large onions (sliced)
- 1 cup peppers (green, yellow, orange or red, cored, chopped)
- 1 cup mushrooms (sliced )
- 2 tblsp garlic (minced )
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese (grated )
- 2 cups cheese (shredded, more or less to taste)
- 1/2 - 3/4 cup crispy fried onions
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly-coat a 13 x 9 inch pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium heat.
- Cook ground beef, pork and sausage until no longer pink. Drain and put into a large bowl.
- Fry chopped bacon until cooked, almost crisp. Drain on paper towel.
- Add 1/2 of the bacon to large bowl with ground meat in it.
- Sauté onions, mushrooms and peppers until tender. Add some butter if needed in the pan. Dump in large bowl as well.
- Prepare pasta according to package directions. Drain and add to large bowl.
- Add tomato sauce, canned, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, 1/2 cup of cheese, ham or pancetta and half of the pepperoni to that large bowl and stir until combined.
- Put contents of the bowl into prepared pan and spread as evenly as possible.
- Sprinkle remaining half of bacon and crispy fried onions all over the meat and pasta mixture.
- Sprinkle remaining shredded cheese all over top of the crispy fried onions.
- Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.
- Lastly, place pepperoni slices across top of cheeses.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
- Then turn the oven up to broil and bake until cheese is brown and pepperoni edges start to darken.
- Remove from oven and let stand for at least 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
