Thursday, September 6, 2007

Mom's Fake Lasagna (Baked Ziti)

Submitted by: Mom

Lasagna Sauce
1/2 lb. ground beef
1 Small can tomato paste
2 Bottles (or large cans) crushed tomatoes- pureed in blender.
Garlic powder
Onion Powder
Italian Seasoning
3 Tbsp. Sugar

Brown beef, flavor with garlic and onion powders. Add canned tomatoes, tomato paste and sugar; season with garlic powder, Italian seasoning to taste. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours.

Cook box of Rigatoni according to directions.

Grate as much mozzarella cheese as you think you will like- generally a whole block.

Assembly
In a greased glass pan, put a thin layer of lasagna sauce, next a layer of rigatoni- 1/3 of the pasta. Add another layer of sauce (about 1/3 of the remaining mixture), and then 1/3 of the cheese, then sprinkle some Parmesan cheese on top. Repeat until all of the ingredients have been used. Cook in microwave until cheese is melted (6-8 minutes).

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