The old Gary Cooper movie, Sgt. York, is a family favorite with our entire team. In one scene Ma asks the blessing and says, "Lord bless these vittles we done got...". Hence, the name of our recipe collection.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Baked Spaghetti

Quick Cooking Magazine.  July/August 2005

16 oz spaghetti
1 lb ground beef
3 TB minced onion
26 oz spaghetti sauce
1/2 tsp Lowery's salt
2 eggs
1/3 C grated Parmesan cheese
5 TB butter, melted
15 oz ricotta cheese
4 C mozzarella, shredded

Preheat oven 350 degrees.  Cook spaghetti according to package directions.  In a large skillet, cook beef.  Rejuivinate minced onion in twice as much cold water for 10 mins.  Add onion to beef.  Stir in spaghetti sauce and seasoned salt; set aside.  In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, parmesan cheese and butter.  Drain spaghetti; add to egg mixture and toss to coat.  Mix in ricotta cheese.  Place half the spaghetti mixture in a greased 9x13 dish.  Top with half the meat sauce and half the mozzarella.  Repeat layers.  Cover and bake @ 350 degrees for 40 mins.  Uncover and bake 20-25 mins longer or until cheese is melted.

Yield: 8-10 servings

This is kind of like a fast version of lasagna.  Mommy used to take it to church in Virginia when we had access to an oven at church.  I think I need to make this for dinner again.  It's fun to revisit old favorites.
Love Always,
Mommy