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Cheesy Italian Meatball Casserole
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Makes: 8 to 10 servings
Prep: 30 mins Bake: 350°F 45 mins
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Cheesy Italian Meatball Casserole
Ingredients
  • 16
    ounces dried ziti or penne pasta
  • 1
    26 ounce jar tomato pasta sauce
  • 1
    16 ounce package Italian-style frozen cooked meatballs (32), thawed
  • 1
    15 ounce can Italian-style tomato sauce
  • 1
    15 ounce carton ricotta cheese
  • 1/2
    cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2
    cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 ounces)
Directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Return to pan. Stir in pasta sauce, meatballs, and tomato sauce. Transfer to an ungreased 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish or 3-quart rectangular casserole. Bake, covered, in a 350 degrees F oven for 30 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, in a small bowl combine ricotta cheese and Parmesan cheese. Uncover pasta mixture and spoon ricotta mixture in mounds over pasta mixture. Cover loosely; bake about 10 minutes more or until heated through. Top with mozzarella cheese and bake, uncovered, for 5 minutes more. Makes 8 to 10 servings.

Nutrition Facts (Cheesy Italian Meatball Casserole)
  • Servings Per Recipe 8,
  • Calories 611,
  • Protein (gm) 33,
  • Carbohydrate (gm) 57,
  • Fat, total (gm) 28,
  • Cholesterol (mg) 86,
  • Saturated fat (gm) 14,
  • Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 7,
  • Sodium (mg) 1441,
  • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Reviews (18)
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marilyntarin wrote:

Husband loved it. I thought it was ok. If done again, I would use cooked ground Italian sausage instead.

1/12/2012 07:32:15 PM Report Abuse
btlh_jnnfr1 wrote:

this meal was easy but i thought they wanted to much sauce, next time added less sauce and more cheese and i would leave out the ricotta or slap it in the middle and not on top pf pasta

10/28/2011 03:32:49 PM Report Abuse
pumpkinseed wrote:

I can imagine this would be dry. This needs to be tossed with cheese during the 30 min period. I opted to use this basic idea of baked ziti with meatballs but added chunks of mozzarella and shredded parm, and just did for 30 min

10/28/2010 04:59:21 PM Report Abuse
jlee978939 wrote:

Easy to make a very tasty. I bought the Garlic and Herb pasta sauce and used a bag of Italian cheese instead of just the Mozzarella. I'll be making this one again!

9/30/2010 10:02:56 AM Report Abuse
patarquelada wrote:

This is so easy to make and yummy

9/18/2010 03:16:47 AM Report Abuse
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