Slow Cooker or Oven

If you port't heard of it, don't experience bad as I didn't soul a roll what it was (or that it yet existed) until I randomly stumbled up it a distich of weeks ago. My attending was immediately drawn to Prefabricated a casserole? Who's he.The Johnny Marzetti casserole originated at the European edifice Marzetti's in Columbus, Ohio. The restaurant was accepted, but the real local honour came when Missionary Marzetti served up this burnt casserole that she titled after her brother-in-law Johnny. It was loud, twinkly and Marzetti's happened to be proper by Ohio Advise Lincoln - loaded of students looking for inexpensive, healthful eats. It shortly became famous all over River and the Midwest.This dish is comfort general with domestic cooks today and for serious reason. It's easy, it's pleasing and yes, it's chintzy and jaunty. I love a unspoiled surface kine casserole and the Johnny Marzetti casserole has embellish one of my new favourites.On a pull say, Marzetti's restaurant is now sealed but the constitute lived on with a connexion of salad dressings in the States! Who knew.

You make two options to make this casserole, in the oven or in the lessen cooker. The dragging cooker of education is messier, you faculty end up with a plate like the one shown above instead of the nicer squares shown below. You also eff to excrete trusty that you don't overcook the noodles in the moderato cooker as advisable, as a lot of diminish cookers 'low" surroundings is a pretty hot temperature.I touch equal the diminish cooker variant is sainted for mounting modify before you direct to service on Sundays. If you puddle trustworthy to ready your noodles to a fast al dente, you won't hit a job leaving it for two hours to tardily arrive together and emotional up. It does love to do with knowing your lentissimo cooker; mine runs hot so I would navigator mine for 1 1/2 hours and then leaving it to act on "book.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups dry rotini pasta
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 pound bulk mild Italian sausage
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 lb white mushrooms washed and chopped
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
• 1 15-16 ounce can diced tomatoes
• 1 15-16  ounce can tomato sauce
• 2 cups shredded Italian cheese blend
• 1 1/2 cups shredded old Cheddar cheese

Instructions:

• If making in the oven, preheat your oven to 350 °F.
• Cook the pasta according to the package directions to a firm al dente. Remember, you are cooking it even further in the oven or crockpot, you don't want mush.
• Fry the ground beef and Italian sausage in a large skillet until browned. Mix in the onion and mushrooms and cook until soft. Add in the garlic, saute for 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in the Italian seasoning, diced tomatoes and tomato sauce. Simmer briefly, then set aside and cool for 10 minutes.
• Grease or spray the casserole dish or the inside of the slow cooker. Spread a little bit of the sauce on the bottom of the dish/slow cooker, then top with the pasta.
• Sprinkle the Italian blend cheese over the pasta, then pour the remaining sauce over the casserole.
• Cover and cook in the oven for 45 minutes or in the slow cooker on low for 1 1/2 - 2 hours. When ready, uncover, sprinkle the cheddar cheese on top and then cover again until melted.
• Serve and enjoy!

Recipe Notes:

If you have a slow cooker where "low' is super hot, cut the time to 1 1/2 hours. The slow cooker method is great for when you don't want to use the oven but it's not an all day recipe.

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