Spaghetti Casserole#
Pasta baked with sausage, sauce, and cheese on top. I don’t know where my mom stumbled upon this recipe but I’ve been making it ever since, tweaking it until I got to this version.
Ingredients#
- 16oz - 24oz ground italian sausage (hot or sweet, your choice)
- 16 oz of thick spaghetti, bucatini, fettuccine (or other thick tubular pasta)
- 1 stick of salted butter (whole, halved, or cubed)
- 2 - 3 large eggs
- 8 oz shredded sharp cheddar
- 8 oz shredded mozzarella
- Grated Parmesan (optional)
- 24 oz of pasta sauce, jarred or homemade
Steps#
- Preheat your oven to 350 - 375 F.
- Brown your sausage in a pain, breaking it up into medium small chunks.
- Bring water to a boil and cook pasta according to directions, want it on the firmer side of the directions.
- Quickly drain pasta and put into a large mixing bowl, you still want it hot.
- Put the butter into the hot pasta and stir it until it is melted and evenly spread on the pasta.
- Crack your eggs and put them directly into the pasta. Stir until evenly spread.
- Pour half the cheddar into the pasta. Stir it all up. Add the rest. Stir to mix.
- Grease a 9x13 baking dish and put the pasta into it. Spread it out to form a smooth layer.
- If using parmesan, dust the top of the pasta with it.
- Spread the sausage across the top of the pasta.
- Spread your sauce across the top of the sausage.
- Spread the mozzarella across the top of the sauce.
- Bake in the oven for 30-45 minutes. You want the cheese to melt and start to brown but not over brown.
Let cool for a few minutes, then cut and serve.