Cavatini Recipes

CAVATINI PASTA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook the beef, onions and pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the water, tomato paste, mushrooms, pepperoni, sauce mix and Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour., Meanwhile, for pasta, bring water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add macaroni and pastas. Return to a boil, stirring occasionally. Cook, uncovered, for 10-12 minutes or until tender; drain. Stir into tomato sauce. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish (dish will be full)., Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

CAVATINI II

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine green pepper, onion, pepperoni, mushrooms, tomato paste, spaghetti sauce, and garlic. Cover, and simmer for one hour.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix together pasta, ricotta, 1 1/2 cups mozzarella, and Parmesan. In a 9x13 inch baking dish, alternate pasta and cheese mixture and sauce mixture, ending with sauce. Top with remaining mozzarella.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

EASY CAVATINI

Steps:

• Chop the onion and green pepper.
• Cook pastas together; drain well.
• Saute beef, onion, and green pepper until beef is no longer pink and vegetables are soft. Add the pepperoni and heat thoroughly. Drain excess grease.
• Add spaghetti sauce and simmer 5 minutes.
• Spray a 3-qt casserole with cooking spray. Put 1/2 of the pasta in the casserole. Spoon 1/2 of the meat sauce mixture over the pasta. Spoon the container of cottage cheese over the sauce. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese.
• Top with the remaining pasta, then sauce, then mozzarella cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

CAVATAPPI WITH SAUSAGE, KALE AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Season with salt.
• In a large saute pan, 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat along with the sausage and 'nduja and cook, breaking apart the meat into smaller pieces, until the sausage is browned, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and mushrooms and increase the heat to medium-high.
• Cook until the mushrooms begin to brown, then give them a stir and season with salt and pepper. Add the wine and simmer for 1 minute. Add the kale and continue to cook until slightly softened, 2 to 3 minutes longer. Add the pasta to the water and cook to al dente.
• Strain the pasta, reserving a small amount of the water in a bowl. Add the pasta to the saute pan and bring to a simmer. Add pasta water by 1/4 cup as needed if the pasta is dry. Toss, cooking until the pasta begins to get coated and the sauce begins to thicken. Add the remaining tablespoon olive oil. Add the butter, then remove the pan from the heat and add half the cheese. Stir the mixture until thickened and glossy. If too thick, add a splash of the pasta water. Season to taste.
• Divide between bowls and garnish with the remaining cheese.

CAVATINI

Steps:

• Cook the beef, sausage, onion and green pepper until brown.
• Drain and set aside.
• Mix the pepperoni, tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, salsa, mushrooms and salad peppers.
• Stir into the meat mixture.
• Add the cooked pasta shells.
• Spoon 1/2 of the mixture into 2 greased 11x7 inch baking dishes.
• Combine the two cheeses and divide the amount in half.
• Take one half of the cheese and sprinkle on top of the meat in each dish.
• Take the remaining 1/2 of the meat mixture and cover the cheese in the two dishes.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Top each dish with the remaining 1/2 of the cheese.
• Bake 5 more minutes or until cheese is bubbly.

CAVATINI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown sausage and ground beef with salt and pepper drain. In an ungreased 13" x 9" baking dish, layer half of spaghetti sauce, meat, pasta, cheese and pepperoni repeat layers. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. From "Country Quick & Easy." Copyright Gooseberry Patch. Used with permission of the publisher, Gooseberry Patch. All Rights Reserved.