Recipe: Yummy Baked Pizza Pasta

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Baked Pizza Pasta. Pizza pasta bake is the combination of two family favorites. Stuffed with mozzarella, pepperoni, fresh basil and tomatoes, this pasta bake is a hit! Add oregano, drained tomatoes and pasta sauce, stir well.

Baked Pizza Pasta Stir in spaghetti sauce and pasta. Spoon half of spaghetti mixture into baking dish. Heat olive oil in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. You can cook Baked Pizza Pasta using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Baked Pizza Pasta

  1. You need 16 oz of Rotini noodles.
  2. It's 2 lbs of ground beef.
  3. You need 24 oz of spaghetti sauce (whatever brand you prefer. I used traditional Prego).
  4. Prepare 15 oz of Ricotta cheese.
  5. It's 14 oz of shredded mozzarella cheese.
  6. It's 1 can of sliced black olives.
  7. It's 1/2 of yellow onion (minced).
  8. You need 1 pack of pepperoni.

In the prepared baking dish (or in a separate bowl), stir together uncooked pasta, marinara sauce, water, about ¾ of the package of pepperoni, and salt. Remove dish from oven, take off cover, and give the pasta a stir. The key to this pasta is a house style "pizza seasoning" with pepperonis on top. This is a great easy pasta dish to serve any night of the week.

Baked Pizza Pasta instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Boil noodles & drain.
  3. Combine ricotta, mozzarella & can of drained olives together til mixed thoroughly. It will be thick..
  4. Cook ground beef with onion, drain grease.
  5. Add spaghetti sauce to meat. Then add the noodles to your meat & move to a cassarole dish. Spread cheese & olive mix over the meat & noodle mix evenly..
  6. Now place pepperonis on top partly over lapping & then put in oven for 20mins..

It's delicious and looks pretty on any table…not to mention everyone LOVES a GOOD pizza and baked pasta. In a large bowl, mix together pizza sauce and water. Our stone baked pizzas are always made from scratch with the finest ingredients. And nothing says Italy more than a taste of our hand prepared pasta dishes served with garlic bread. If you have a sweet tooth you have come to the right place, try one of our freshly made Tiramisu or Italian cream cake and you will come back for more.