Baked Penne

Equipment

  • 9 x 13 pan

Ingredients

  • 1 Pound Penne pasta

  • 2 Jars Pasta Sauce, we used Prego Traditional

  • 16 Ounces Sour Cream

  • 1 Pound Hamburger

  • 1 Onion

  • 1 clove garlic

  • 2 Cups Mozzarella Cheese, Shredded

  • 1 Package sliced Mozzarella Cheese (the sliced cheese makes the sour cream easier to spread and makes it oh so ooey gooey)

  • Grated Parmesan Cheese on top

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  1. Add salt to a large pot of water and cook pasta according to directions or al dente.
  1. Dice the onion
  1. Mince the garlic
  1. Add them both to 1 Pound of Hamburger
  1. Cook up the hamburger mixture, draining the fat if needed.
  1. Add the pasta sauce.
  1. When noodles are done. Strain them, set them aside
  1. Butter the pan
  1. Put in the first layer of pasta, about 1/2 or a little bit more than 1/2.
  1. Next goes the sliced mozzarella cheese.
  1. Add 1/2 of the sour cream.
  1. Sprinkle 1 Cup of the shredded Mozzarella cheese on the top.
  1. Spoon 1/2 of the pasta sauce over the top and repeat.
  1. Sprinkle the top with parmesan cheese.
  1. Pop it in the oven. 350 for 30 minutes or until everything is cooked and all the cheese is melted.

References and Acknowledgments

Baked Penne