Kid's Favorite Pizza Casserole
Kid's Favorite Pizza Casserole might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 37g of protein, 33g of fat, and a total of 618 calories. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is an affordable recipe for fans of Mediterranean food. Head to the store and pick up mushrooms, tomato sauce, elbow macaroni, and a few other things to make it today. It will be a hit at your Autumn event.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes.
Cook and stir ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until meat is crumbly and browned, about 10 minutes; drain excess grease.
Mix cooked ground beef, macaroni, pizza sauce, tomato sauce, and mushrooms in a bowl.
Layer half the macaroni mixture into a 9x12-inch baking dish; top with 1/2 the mozzarella cheese.
Layer remaining macaroni mixture over the top; sprinkle remaining mozzarella cheese over macaroni mixture. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
Bake in the preheated oven until cheese has melted and casserole is bubbling, about 35 minutes.
Let cool for 3 to 5 minutes before serving.
Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio
Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio are great choices for Italian. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. One wine you could try is Mazzei Fonterutoli Chianti Classico. It has 4.4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 32 dollars.
Mazzei Fonterutoli Chianti Classico
"Lots of meat, berry and plum character on the nose and palate. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, rich finish. Decadent style that I like. Serious quality for the vintage. No Castello in 2002, so this was upgraded."-Wine SpectatorColor: Deep purplish-red but bright and exceptionally concentrated.Bouquet: Extremely intense and complex with scents of cherries and raspberries accompanied by light toasty and spicy shadings.Flavor: The impact in the mouth is incisive but soft due to a substantial structure of tannins in which those that are soft and well rounded stand out. Acidity is fused with the wine's body and aids the transmission of pleasant sensations of warmth and strength. The wine features a long finish that is unusual for a regular Chianti Classico.