Pour a small amount of red sauce into the bottom of a baking dish and fill with half of the pasta mixture.
Fresh mozzarella, which is sold in water, has a short shelf life and should be used within a few days of purchase for the best flavor.
If you can't find ciliegini, you can tear a standard-size ball of fresh mozzarella into small pieces.
Ingredients of Mozzarella, Asiago baked rigatoni
- It's of rigatoni or ziti pasta.
- Prepare of hamburger meat.
- You need of mozzarella cheese.
- Prepare of 6 cheese Italian blend (Sargento).
- Prepare of favorite red pasta sauce.
- It's of large red sweet onion.
- You need of real, unsalted butter.
- It's of garlic powder.
- You need of Lawry's seasoning salt.
- Prepare of black pepper.
- It's of sea salt.
Mozzarella, Asiago baked rigatoni instructions
- In a large pan, brown hamburger meat, add Lawry's seasoning salt. Do not drain the meat. When fully cooked and browned, keep heat on low..
- Chop red onion into small pieces. Add to a small pan on medium heat. Add stick of butter, black pepper, garlic powder. Saute until clear and carmalized. Add to hamburger..
- Pour 2 cups of pasta sauce in the bottom of your 13x9 baking dish. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F..
- In a large pot, add salt, and after brought to a rumbling boil, add your 1 and 1/2 box of pasta. Cook pasta until al dente. Add remaining pasta sauce to hamburger, stirring frequently..
- Once pasta is drained, add a layer of noodles on the bottom on your baking dish. Cover with a layer of your meat sauce, topped with a layer of mozzarella cheese and sprinkled with italian blend. Repeat layers until you have no more noodles..
- Cover entire dish with remaining mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle with Italian blend. Bake uncovered for 25 minutes..
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