Kid's Favorite Pizza Casserole

Name: Kid's Favorite Pizza Casserole
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 128 grams sliced mushrooms, drained; 113 grams tomato sauce; 473 milliliters elbow macaroni; 454 grams ground beef; 397 grams pizza sauce; 454 grams shredded mozzarella cheese

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).

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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.

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Elbow Macaroni

Water

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Drain.

Cook and stir ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until meat is crumbly and browned, about 10 minutes; drain excess grease.

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Ground Beef

Meat

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Mix cooked ground beef, macaroni, pizza sauce, tomato sauce, and mushrooms in a bowl.

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Pizza Sauce

Ground Beef

Mushrooms

Macaroni

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Bowl

Layer half the macaroni mixture into a 9x12-inch baking dish; top with 1/2 the mozzarella cheese.

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Mozzarella

Macaroni

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Layer remaining macaroni mixture over the top; sprinkle remaining mozzarella cheese over macaroni mixture. Cover dish with aluminum foil.

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Mozzarella

Macaroni

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Aluminum Foil

Bake in the preheated oven until cheese has melted and casserole is bubbling, about 35 minutes.

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Cheese

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Let cool for 3 to 5 minutes before serving.

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Servings:

128grams

sliced mushrooms, drained 113grams

tomato sauce 473milliliters

elbow macaroni 454grams

ground beef 397grams

pizza sauce 454grams

shredded mozzarella cheese

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.