Roasted Garlic & Cheese Pasta

Name: Roasted Garlic & Cheese Pasta
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 head garlic; 1 lb pasta; 2 jars of your favorite pasta sauce; 16 oz ricotta cheese; 1 cup Parmesan cheese, divided; 1 packages fresh mozzarella; 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 tsp minced garlic; 1 lb ground beef; 1 tsp Italian seasoning; 1 bunch shredded mozzarella; 2 roma tomatoes; 1 packages fresh basil

HardDog1110 @cook_2825785

San Antonio, TX

The kids loved it! I though it was decent. The kids would disagree with my rating, but I expected a bit more.

HardDog1110 @cook_2825785

San Antonio, TX

The kids loved it! I though it was decent. The kids would disagree with my rating, but I expected a bit more.

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Ingredients

45 mins

10 servings

1 headgarlic
1 lbpasta
2jars of your favorite pasta sauce
16 ozricotta cheese
1 cupParmesan cheese, divided
1 packagesfresh mozzarella
1 tspextra virgin olive oil
1 tspminced garlic
1 lbground beef
1 tspItalian seasoning
1 bunchshredded mozzarella
2roma tomatoes
1 packagesfresh basil

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Steps

45 mins

1

Preheat oven to 400°F.
2

Cut the bottom end of garlic bulb off, wrap in foil, an place in oven for 15-20 minutes.
3

Boil slated water for the pasta.
4

Heat a pan with the oil and garlic.
5

Once water is boiling, put pasta in and cook for ~9 minutes.
6

Put beef in the pan with oil and garlic; break the meat apart an mix in the Italian seasoning.
7

Remove garlic from the oven, break individual cloves apart, and smash with the flat side of a kitchen knife. Discard the paper.
8

Mash the roasted garlic into a paste.
9

Strain the pasta and return to the pot.
10

Add the garlic, drained beef, half the Parmesan cheese, and ricotta cheese to the pasta and stir to incorporate.
11

Add pasta mixture to a casserole dish and top with fresh mozzarella slices, basil leaves, and Roma tomatoes, finishing it all of with the remaining Parmesan cheese a sprinkling of shredded mozzarella cheese.
12

Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes.
13

Serve hot and enjoy.