Recipes / Baked Italian Sausage & Pasta Casserole

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
• 1 each Onion, Minced
• 1 teaspoon Garlic
• 1 pound Ground Beef
• 1 pound Italian Sausage
• 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
• 2 cups Italian Cheese Blend, Grated
• 3 1/2 cups Furmano's Tomato Sauce
• 3 1/2 cups Furmano's Crushed Tomatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
• 1 pound Rotini Pasta, Cooked & Drained

Preparation

1. Cook ground beef and Italian sausage. Drain, then crumble.
2. Into a saute pan, add olive oil. Saute onions and garlic until translucent; remove from heat.
3. Combine meat, Furmano's Tomato Sauce, Furmano's Crushed Tomatoes, red pepper flakes, and garlic and onion mixture.
4. Add cooked pasta to meat sauce.
5. Put 1/2 of the pasta in bottom of 13 x 9 baking casserole. Add 3/4 of the Italian cheese blend. Top with remaining pasta.
6. Sprinkle remaining Italian cheese blend and parmesan on top.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.