Italian Dish Recipes
What kind of Italian dish?
Alright so I really really love italian food and want to make an italian dish for dinner tonight. BUT I don’t really want to do spaghetti and I don’t have the right cheeses for lasagna. I have ground beef thawed and lasagna noodles I have tomato paste, sauce, and diced tomatoes. Basically I need a yummy easy italian recipe that doesn’t call for a bazillion different kinds of cheese and fresh diced garlic cause I don’t have that. And it’s storming here, I’m not about to drag my daughter out in this to go to the store. So shortcuts and substitutions are welcomed!
Here are ten recipes for lasagna noodles. You won’t have all the ingredients for the mushroom one or the squash one, but the Bologneses sound good:
http://www.barillaus.com/Pages/recipesearch.aspx?drop1=Recipes%20By%20Shape&drop2=Lasagne%20Oven-Ready
Remember, you can also cook the lasagna noodles, then smear your tomato sauce over them and roll them up lengthwise. That’s called rotoli. Pour more sauce over them, add some Parmesan if you have it, and bake until piping hot!
Italian Dish Recipes
Whats your favorite Italian dish? Whats the recipe for it?
Lasagna
Get a 2 to 3 jars of spaghetti sauce (Ragu, Prego…), two packages of lasagna noodles, 16 oz of mozzarella cheese, 16 ounces of ricotta cheese, 1 egg, and a pound of ground beef.
Prep:
Cook the lasagna noodles until they are done.
Get a 9 x 13 pan ready.
In a sauce pan fry the ground beef, drain and add the spaghetti sauce and heat.
Mix the egg in with the ricotta cheese, and a little salt and pepper.
Slice or grate the mozzarella cheese.
Assembly:
On the bottom of the pan, put a little of the spaghetti sauce, so the noodles don’t stick (or spray with Pam). Then put a layer of the noodles, so you can’t see the bottom. Put the length of the noodles going the same direction as the length of the pan. If you have any space at the bottom, put pieces of noodles in to plug the holes. Then put half of the ricotta cheese spread over the noodles, then half the mozzarella cheese, and pour half of the sauce over the cheese, then start over, noodles, ricotta, mozzarella, sauce. Sprinkle the top with Parmesan cheese and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F or until bubbly. Let sit for 15 minutes before serving.
Chicken Parmesan, Italian