Spaghetti With Creamy Tomato Meat Sauce Cheese Topping Li Recipes

PASTA WITH TOMATO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a big pot of boiling water for time per packet MINUS 2 minutes. Just before draining, scoop out a mugful of pasta cooking water.
• Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and onion, cook until translucent - about 2 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients. Stir until parmesan is melted. Turn heat up slightly and simmer for 2 minutes. Adjust salt to taste.
• Add pasta. Toss for 1 to 2 minutes or until sauce thickens and is clinging to pasta instead of swimming on the base of the skillet (video shows this well). Use reserved pasta cooking water if required to thin the sauce out if it gets too thick.
• Serve immediately, garnished with more parmesan and parsley if desired.

BAKED CREAM CHEESE SPAGHETTI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain fat and stir in spaghetti sauce.
• Drain spaghetti and place in a bowl. Add cream cheese, garlic, Italian seasoning, and garlic salt. Stir until cream cheese is melted and spaghetti is thoroughly coated. Spread a small amount of meat sauce in the bottom of the prepared baking pan; put spaghetti on top and top with remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly, about 30 minutes.

SPAGHETTI WITH CREAMY TOMATO MEAT SAUCE & CHEESE TOPPING (LI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Spray a 13x9 inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• In a nonstick saucepan, heat oil over medium heat; cook onions and garlic for 5 minutes or until softened. Stir in beef; cook for 5 minutes, or until no longer pink, stirring to break up meat. Stir in tomato sauce, basil, oregano, and hot pepper sauce. Reduce heat to a simmer; cook for 10 minutes, covered.
• Meanwhile, in pot of boiling water, cook spaghetti for 8 to 10 minutes or until tender but firm; drain. In a food processor, combine sour cream, cheeses, and salt and pepper; purée until smooth.
• Place drained spaghetti in baking dish. Spoon sour cream mixture on top of spaghetti, mixing well. Spoon tomato sauce evenly over top. Mix together topping ingredients; sprinkle over casserole.
• Bake in centre of oven for 20 minutes. Spoon out to serve.

HEALTHY ONE-POT SPAGHETTI WITH CREAMY TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the spaghetti, oil, tomato paste, garlic, tomatoes, basil, red pepper flakes and 1 teaspoon salt in a high-sided medium skillet. Add 5 cups water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Continue to cook, stirring the spaghetti frequently to keep it from clumping, until it is al dente and the sauce has reduced and thickened, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in the Parmesan and cream cheese (the sauce will thicken more) and season with salt if needed. Top with more Parmesan and sliced and whole basil leaves.

PENNE PASTA WITH CREAMY TOMATO AND MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet or saute pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, frequently stirring, until softened. Stir in shredded carrot, chopped celery, and 1/4 cup water; cook until vegetables are tender and liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes longer.
• Add the ground beef to the vegetables and cook ​ until it has browned and is no longer pink, or about 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute longer, stirring constantly.
• Add the wine and cook until the liquid has evaporated about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the flour and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste, 1/2 cup of milk, salt, pepper, and oregano. Reduce heat and simmer, frequently stirring, until the milk has been absorbed.
• Continue cooking until the sauce has thickened, gradually adding the remaining 1 cup of milk. Cook over low heat for about 15 to 20 minutes longer.
• Meanwhile, cook penne pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water following the package directions until just tender; drain well.
• Transfer sauce to a large serving bowl. Add the penne pasta and Parmesan cheese; toss penne pasta gently. Sprinkle some extra Parmesan cheese over the bowl of pasta and serve more at the table.

TOMATO-CREAM SAUCE FOR PASTA

Steps:

• In a saucepan, saute onion and garlic in olive oil over medium heat. Make sure it doesn't burn. Add tomatoes, basil, sugar, oregano, salt and pepper. Bring to boil and continue to boil 5 minutes or until most of the liquid evaporates. Remove from heat; stir in whipping cream and butter. Reduce heat and simmer 5 more minutes.