Lavatini Recipes

CAVATINI SUPREME

Steps:

• In a large oven safe skillet, saute ground beef and sausage with onions and pepper. When meat is browned, remove from heat and drain. Add mushrooms, marinara, and pasta and mix well. Taste and add seasonings if needed. Mix in pepperoni, Top with Parmesan, then Mozzarella.
• Preheat oven to 350º. Bake about 30 minutes or until the dish is hot and cheese is golden.

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.

PIZZA HUT CAVATINI COPYCAT

Steps:

• Cook noodles according to box directions.
• Heat sauce & combine with cooked hamburger and cooked sausage.
• In a 11 X 13 pan, sprayed with Pam cooking spray, layer noodles and sauce. Top layer with pepperoni, onions and green peppers, mushrooms and cheeses. Make about 3 layers and top with cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until cheese is melted.

CAVATINI

Steps:

• * Cook ground beef and next 3 ingredients in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring until meat browns and crumbles. Drain well: set aside. *Combine chopped pepperoni and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl: stir in meat mixture and pasta shells. *Spoon half of mixture into 2 lightly greased 11 x 7 x 1 ½ -inch baking dishes; sprinkle with half of Parmesan and mozzarella chesses. Top with remaining pasta mixture. *Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until heated; top with remaining cheeses. Bake 5 additional minutes.

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.