Mushroom Mania Marzetti For Mom Recipes

JOHNNY MARZETTI

Steps:

• In large heavy dutch oven combine ground meat, onions, celery and bell pepper.
• Saute until meat is browned then drain off any excess grease.
• Add garlic, mushrooms, black olives, tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup, corn, Worchestershire sauce, salt, black pepper, white pepper and cayenne pepper, mixing well.
• Cover and simmer over low heat about 20 minutes.
• Add cheddar cheese and mix well.
• Gently fold in cooked noodles.
• Pour into slightly buttered 10x14 casserole dish or two 9x9 dishes.
• Top with your choice of onion rings or crushed Ritz crackers combined with melted butter, if desired.
• Bake in 350 oven for 30 minutes or until heated through.

A BETTER MARZETTI

Steps:

• Adjust an oven rack to middle postition. Grease a 13x9 in baking dish and set aside. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bring 4 qts water to boil in large pot. Add pasta and 1 tsp salt and cook, stirring often, according to package directions. Drain pasta and transfer to baking dish.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Brown beef and sausage until no longer pink- drain excess grease. Add celery, onion, bell pepper, mushrooms and 1 tsp salt and cook, stirring ocassionally, until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in garlic, oregano, pepper flakes, and 1 tsp pepper and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir in tomato sauce and diced tomatoes, bring to a simmer and cook until flavors are blended, about 5 minute Stir in parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside, off heat.
• Sprinkle 1 cup of cheese evenly over pasta. Then pour meat mixture on top of this. Then sprinkle reamaining 1 cup of cheese evenly on top of meat mixture.
• Place baking dish on a baking sheet, covering with foil. Bake in the pre-heated oven about 45 minutes, until sauce is bubbling. Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes, until top is spotty brown. Cool 5-10 minutes before serving.
• Enjoy.

MARZETTI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in next nine ingredients. Spoon into a greased 3-qt. baking dish; sprinkle with cheese. , Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until heated through.

JOHNNY MARZETTI UPDATED

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place the farfalle (aka bow ties) into the pot, cook 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Lightly grease 14 x 11 1/2 x 2 1/4-inch baking dish (or two 8x8-inch pans) and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a very large heavy skillet over moderate heat 1 minute.
• Add onion and garlic. Stir-fry until limp, about 3 minutes.
• Add mushrooms and stir-fry until juices are released and evaporate, about 5 minutes.
• Add beef and cook and stir, breaking up clumps, until no longer red, about 5 minutes.
• Off heat, mix in tomato sauce and all but 1 cup cheese.
• Transfer to baking dish, add bow ties, and toss gently but thoroughly to mix.
• Scatter remaining 1 cup cheese on top.
• Bake, uncovered, until browned and bubbling, 35-40 minutes, and serve.

MARZETTI

Steps:

• Cook noodles and drain.
• Saute next 6 ingredients, until meat is browned, about 10 minutes.
• Spoon off fat.
• Stir in undiluted soup.
• Place noodles in casserole dish; toss with butter.
• Stir in meat mixture.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• Bake COVERED at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until hot & bubbly.

JOHNNY MARZETTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook macaroni according to package directions and drain.
• Cook and crumble ground beef in pot over moderate high heat until no longer pink. Drain most of the grease, leaving a couple of tablespoons behind in the pot. Add salt & onions and fry until limp, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and fry for about 5 minutes. Add tomato sauce & brown sugar. Remove from heat and mix in 1 cup of cheese to beef. Add macaroni tossing gently but thoroughly.
• Transfer to 13X-9X-2X-inch baking dish. Scatter remaining 1 cup of cheese on top. Bake, uncovered, until brown and bubbling, about 20 minutes.

YUMZETTI/ JOHNNY MARZETTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease 13"x9" baking pan.
• Cook noodles until tender, as per directions on package. (Usually 6-8 minutes.) Drain.
• While noodles are cooking, brown ground beef/turkey.
• In a separate (large!) bowl, mix together soups and tomato paste. Stir in browned meat, then prepared noodles. Mixture will be thick.
• Dump the contents of the bowl into baking pan and smooth with spatula.
• Layer cheese squares over casserole.
• Cover pan with aluminum foil.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, then remove foil and continue baking for 5-10 minutes, until more golden.