Four Meat Pizza Casserole
Ingredients
12 ounces bacon, chopped
1 pound farfalle pasta
1 pound Italian sausage, hot or sweet, casing removed and sausage crumbled
1 pound ground beef
2 tablespoons garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 large onion, chopped
6-7 cups pasta sauce (I used a jar of Bertolli and then a jarful of homemade.)
16 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
6 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, shredded
8 ounces pepperoni, sliced
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 375*F. Cook bacon until crisp in a large skillet over medium heat. Drain well.
2. Bring large pot of salted water to boil and cook pasta 1 minute less than directed on packaging.
3. Cook sausage, ground beef, garlic, oregano and onion in skillet over medium heat until meats are cooked through. Drain if necessary and return to pot. Add sauce and bacon and mix well.
4. Pour a small amount of sauce mixture into a 13 by 9-inch baking pan with high sides. Spread out to lightly coat bottom. Layer ingredients in three layers in the following order: 1⁄3 pasta, 1⁄3 sauce, 1⁄3 cheeses. After final cheese layer, cover casserole with pepperoni.
5. Bake for 40 minutes.
Note: If you want to reduce some of the grease from the pepperoni, microwave on paper towels for a few minutes first. I nuked them a bit too long, which is why they’re a bit dark in the picture.
Comments
This recipe is modified from Cully’s Kitchen. The original recipe had three meats and included ham, I switched things up to make use of the freezer full of cow we’ve got. They guys loved this casserole and devoured it over the course of three days, sometimes even eating it for multiple meals each day!
I did wish that the casserole had more pizza flavor, I think additional spices would do the trick and maybe using pizza sauce instead of pasta sauce. I will be making this at some point in the future since it was scrumptious.
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