Mostaccioli

🧂 Ingredients

• 24 ounce marinara sauce
• 6 ounce tomato paste
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 lb mostaccioli noodles
• 16 ounces ricotto cheese
• 8 ounces fresh mozzarella

  sliced

Instructions

• 1 In a large skillet or sauce pan brown meat. Add salt, Italian seasoning blend,
  and tomato past stir to combine.
• 2 Add jar of marinara sauce + 1/2 of the jar full of water to the ground beef.
  Stir to combine, turn down to a simmer and let cook for 20 minutes over medium
  low heat.
• 3 Fill large pot with water and add 1 tablespoon of salt, bring to a boil, cook
  mostaccioli shaped paste al dente. Do not over cook pasta. Remove pasta and
  drain. Do not rinse.
• 4 Add pasta to the sauce. Stir and remove sauce from stove top.
• 5 Add half of the pasta and sauce to baking dish. Spoon ricotta cheese over the of
  the past and sauce.
• 6 Pour remaining pasta and sauce over top of ricotta. Slice mozzarella and lay
  over top of mostaccioli. Bake at 375 for 20-30 minutes. Until bubbly and cheese
  is starting to brown.

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