My husband, told me about something a co-worker/friend pinner the other day on Pinterest. He described it as being a pie with noodles so I searched on Pinterest and came across the Rigatoni Pie and with excitement Nate said "that's it". I told him I would make it one day for dinner and that day was today.
First off I will say it's a PAIN IN THE BUTT to make. If anyone says differently they are lying. LOL
I cooked my meat sauce. I used turkey meat, w sauce, 1 chopped cooking onion, black pepper, Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes. Once the meat was cooked and drained I then added spaghetti sauce and let it simmer while I boiled the rigatoni noodles. When the noodles were done I drained them and ran them under cold water to cool and mixed in some olive oil. I placed them in my springform pan. This was a pain b/c they were slippery. Once I got them in it was easier to get the rest of the noodles in the pan. I sprinkled with shredded parmesan cheese. I then scooped the meat sauce on top. I baked on 350 degrees for 15 minutes. I then placed some more parmesan cheese on top of meat sauce and also covered with mozzarella cheese and sprinkled some parsley flakes on top. I baked for another 15 minutes until cheese was melted.
Cheese finally melted....
Delicious looking
Carefully, slice a piece. Our noodles fell apart when it got to the plate. Oh well. LOL This tasted just like lasagna. It was really good and makes leftovers for work lunches. :)
still not on board with picture #1, but otherwise, DELISH!
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ReplyDeleteYes, it seems a lot of work for little reward - so to speak. If you had put the pasta on a plate and dumped the sauce on top and then sprinkle it with cheese, it would taste just the same.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Amateur Cook. I know if I had dumped everything onto a plate that it would all taste the same. The whole point of making it like this was to make it into a pie with all the noodles standing up, not laying down. :)
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