Million Dollar Spaghetti

Million Dollar Spaghetti

from southernliving.com
Entree

Our Million Dollar Spaghetti casserole is full of cheesy goodness. This pasta dinner is made with ground beef, marinara sauce, cream cheese, ricotta cheese, and mozzarella.

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 1 lb.uncooked spaghetti
  • 12 oz.ground sirloin
  • 12 oz.bulk mild or hot italian sausage
  • 1 cupchopped yellow onion (from 1 small [7 oz.] onion)
  • 1 tsp.finely chopped garlic (from 1 medium garlic clove)
  • 1jar marinara sauce (such as rao’s), divided
  • 2 tbsp.unsalted butter
  • 1pkg. cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cupwhole-milk ricotta cheese (from 1 [15-oz.] container)
  • 1 ½ oz.parmesan cheese, shredded (about 1/2 cup)
  • 4 oz.low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded (about 1 cup)
  • chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Directions

  1. 1

    Prepare oven and pan: Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray; set aside.

  2. 2

    Cook the spaghetti: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high. Add spaghetti, and cook according to package directions. Drain pasta, and return to pot.

  3. 3

    Make the meat sauce: While pasta cooks, heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high. Add ground sirloin and sausage. Cook, breaking up meat into smaller pieces with a wooden spoon and stirring occasionally, until meat is browned and no longer pink, about 6 minutes.

  4. 4

    Add onion and garlic: Add onion and garlic to meat mixture; cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is translucent, about 4 minutes.

  5. 5

    Add marinara: Stir 3 1/2 cups of the marinara into meat mixture. Remove from heat.

  6. 6

    Add butter and marinara to pasta: Add butter and remaining 1/2 cup marinara to pasta in pot. Toss until butter is melted.  Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish.

  7. 7

    Make cheese mixture: Stir together cream cheese, ricotta, and Parmesan in a small bowl until smooth. Spread evenly over pasta mixture in baking dish.

  8. 8

    Add meat sauce: Top pasta mixture with meat sauce. Sprinkle evenly with mozzarella.

  9. 9

    Bake the spaghetti: Bake in preheated oven until sauce is bubbling and cheese is golden, about 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes. Garnish with parsley, and serve.