Baked Italian Delight Recipes

ITALIAN DELIGHT

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in a large frying pan and drain well. Place back in pan, then all the ingredients, except the noodles. Mix well, cover and simmer.
• While preparing the above, cook the noodles al dente, drain well and add to the meat mixture. Save the noodle water as you will need to add liquid to the casserole as it cooks down, but use the saved diced tomato juice first. I add garlic powder to the noodle water, while cooking, to flavor the water.
• Add noodles.
• Cook on low-to-simmer for about 15-20 minutes. Check often and stir. Add tomato juice/noodle liquid, as needed. It can get too thick.

ITALIAN DELIGHT

Steps:

• -In a large skillet combine oil, onion, green pepper. Saute for a little while and then add garlic and beef. Saute until all vege's are tender and beef is nearly brown.
• Add all remaining ingredients except cheese and stir until spaghettii is well-blended. Place mixture into a lightly-greased 2 quart casserole and sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

BAKED MACARONI DELIGHT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*.
• Pan brown sausage until tender, drain and cool, then crumble coarsely.
• Cook pasta until just tender, 2 minutes less than package directions.
• Drain, rinse in cold water and rinse again.
• Combine sausage, ricotta, 1 cup of mozzarella, 1/4 cup grated parmesan or romano and 1/2 cup pasta sauce and mix well.
• Mix this into the drained pasta.
• Cover the bottom of a large baking pan or casserole with a layer of pasta sauce, then a third of the pasta mixture and a sprinkle of mozzarella.
• Repeat layers until all the ingredients are used, ending with the last of the mozzarella cheese and the grated parmesan or romano.
• Bake in a preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes until cheese on top is light brown and bubbling.

BAKED APPLE DELIGHT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Wash and core the apples.
• Place apples in an oven-safe dish.
• Drizzle the honey, sprinkle walnuts and dust the cinnamon over the apples.
• Bake in oven for about 30 minutes.
• Allow to cool for a few minutes before serving.

ITALIAN DELIGHT

Steps:

• 1. Combine beef, sausage, onion, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Steam 3-5 minutes in covered heavy skillet, until redness disappears from beef. Do not brown. Add mushrooms with juice. Transfer to greased 2 quart baking dish. Cook noodles and drain. Add soup, tomato paste, and tomatoes with juice to noodles. Stir well. Add noodles and half the cheese to meat, mixing well. Sprinkle remainder of cheese over top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, or until casserole bubbles and cheese is melted.

BAKED ITALIAN DELIGHT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large frying pan, brown ground beef until no longer pink. Drain if necessary. Stir spaghetti sauce into cooked beef. Simmer 5 minutes over low heat. In a bowl, combine cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, and egg. Lay one tube crescent roll dough along bottom of a 9 x 13-inch pan. Press to form a crust sealing cracks. Layer half the meat mixture, cottage cheese mixture, then remaining meat mixture. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over top. Lay the remaining dough over the top, covering as much as possible. Bake 25 minutes, or until golden brown.

ITALIAN CHICKEN DELIGHT

Steps:

• Dip chicken into beaten egg, coating well, then roll in bread crumbs.
• Brown in olive oil.
• Drain chicken and place in casserole dish in a single layer.
• Using olive oil left in skillet, add tomato sauce, salt, pepper, butter, basil, and garlic powder.
• Simmer and pour over chicken.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, uncover, top with triangles of mozzarella cheese and return to oven for 10 minutes.
• Serve.

BAKED ITALIAN DELIGHT

Steps:

• Preheat oven 375 degrees.
• In a large frying pan, brown beef.
• Drain.
• Stir spaghetti sauce into beef.
• Simmer 5 min over low heat.
• In a bowl, combine cottage cheese, parmasean cheese, and egg.
• Lay on tube dough along bottom of 9x13 in pan.
• Press to form a crust sealing cracks.
• Layer half meat mixture, cheese mix, then remaining meat mix.
• Sprinkle mozzerella cheese over top.
• Lay remaining dough over the top, covering as much as possible.
• Bake 25 min or until golden brown.
• *Make sure the dough is not 'doughy' or soggy!