Best Baked Mostaccioli Florentine Recipes

EASY BAKED MOSTACCIOLI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook mostaccioli in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain.
• Meanwhile, heat a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef until browned and crumbly, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat. Drain and discard grease. Add spaghetti sauce to the pan and mix with the beef.
• Transfer beef mixture to the prepared baking dish. Spread evenly over the bottom and layer cooked pasta over top. Sprinkle with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Cover with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove foil and continue to bake until cheese is melted and lightly browned, about 10 more minutes.

BAKED MOSTACCIOLI FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees; Cook pasta according to package directions for 7 minutes, drain.
• In a large bowl, stir together spaghetti sauce and water, stir in pasta; In a medium bowl, stir together cream cheese and milk until smooth, stir in spinach, Parmesan cheese and nutmeg.
• Spoon 1/2 of the pasta mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish; Spread cream cheese mixture over pasta; spoon remaining pasta mixture on top; Cover with release foil, bake 30 minutes; remove foil, sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese; bake 5 minutes or until cheese melts.

BAKED MOSTACCIOLI

Steps:

• 1. To make the sauce: Heat 2 tablespoons of the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef, garlic, salt to taste, and the pepper and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until the beef is browned. Set aside.
• 2. Heat the rest of the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring a bit, until soft. Stir in all of the tomato products. Fill the tomato puree can with hot water, and stir in the beef and chicken base to dissolve. Add the mixture to the saucepan along with the Parmesan, steak seasoning, garlic salt, basil, and parsley, and bring to a simmer.
• 3. Add the beef to the sauce, reduce the heat to low, and simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Taste and add salt, if necessary.
• 4. To make the baked pasta: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil a 10-inch deep-dish pie plate.
• 5. Toss the cooked pasta with 2 cups of the meat sauce and 11/2 cups each of the mozzarella and Cheddar cheeses. Mound the mixture in the pie dish and top with the rest of the meat sauce and the mozzarella and Cheddar. Place the pie dish on a baking sheet, and bake until bubbling and golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Top with the Parmesan cheese and serve hot.

BAKED PENNE FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Cook pasta in large saucepan as directed on package, omitting salt. Meanwhile, combine tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano and garlic.
• Drain pasta; place in large bowl. Reserve 1/2 cup of the tomato mixture. Add remaining tomato mixture to pasta along with the ricotta, spinach and 1/2 cup shredded cheese; mix lightly.
• Spoon pasta mixture into 8-inch square baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with reserved tomato mixture and remaining shredded cheese.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until heated through.