Ground Beef and Pasta Casserole With a Twist

"This is a my own combination of recipe #35752 and #10107. Nice cinnamon taste and a definite change from your usual ground beed and pasta dish."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
19
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a skillet cook beef, onion, garlic until beef no longer pink.
  • stir in the tomatoe sauce and seasoning.
  • Simmer for 15 minutes stirring occasionally.
  • Meanwhile, cook the pasta in salted water. Drain.
  • For the sauce:.
  • In a saucepan, melt butter, stir in flour and cinnamon until smooth.
  • Gradually add milk and stir until thickened, add seasoning.
  • To assemble:.
  • Mix together the cooked pasta, the egg, the sauce and the parmesan cheese.
  • Spread half of the pasta mixture at the bottom of a baking dish.
  • Top with beef mixture.
  • Cover with the remaining pasta mixture.
  • (Alernatively you can spread the whole pasta mixture at the bottom and top with beef mixture).
  • Sprinkle with extra parmesan cheese.
  • Bake in a 350 oven for 35-45 minutes, or until golden brown.

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Reviews

  1. We enjoyed this very much! It was reminiscent of Greek Pastitsio. I used orzo pasta, and it came out great! Thanks for sharing!
     
  2. It was just ok. I did not change anything. My husband did not like either. We will not make this again.
     
  3. I thought this was good. My 3 young kids liked it, as did my husband. Personally, I thought the white sauce was a little bland (could be a problem with pregnancy and tastebuds). Overall, it was good, I'd make it again, and the cinnamon does make it different from the typical pasta sauce.
     
  4. Excellent recipe, reminds of moussaka, very easy to make, filling & delicious dish, now in my favorite recipes.
     
  5. I am surprised that there are not more reviews for this tasty dish. I was on the hunt one day when I had a lb of ground beef in the fridge. I was getting sick of the usual meatballs or meatloaf or sloppy joes so I decided to look for some sort of casserole dish. Most of the recipes I found needed a soup of cream of mushroom soup. I didn't have any on hand and wasn't too thrilled about adding a ton of sodium to my dinner and then I stumbled across this recipe. Wow...I was a bit scared that the cinnamon might be too overpowering, but it is not. It is perfect and subtle. My husband also loved this recipe. Thanks so much for posting it!
     
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Tweaks

  1. This has a wonderful taste to it.I did not have the tomato sauce and use rotel instead and use grated cheese instead of the parmesan on of it.I use lasagna noodles.I will make this again. It is that good. chef#220151
     

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I am a wife and mother of two little boys. Love to try new recipes... Always looking for new casseroles and bread to try.
 
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