Baked Meatballs and Rigatoni

A nice, filling dish for a quick on the table dinner or a perfect dish for a party. It doesn't get any better than this one.

Ingredients

Sauce

• 2 Tbsp. Butter

• 2-3 Tbsp. garlic, minced

• 1 pint jar diced tomato (or 1 16 oz. can)

• 1 quart jar tomato sauce (ort 1 22 oz. can)

• 2 Tbsp. basil

• 1 Tbsp. oregano

• Salt and pepper

Meatballs

• 1 lb. meatball sausage (made up of 1 part veal, 1 pound pork and 1 part beef)

• 1/2 onion, sliced

• 1 Tbsp. each, basil and oregano

• 1 egg

• 1 cup bread crumbs

Salt and pepper

Rigatoni

• 1 lb. rigatoni, cooked to nearly, but not quite done

• Cheese (about 1/3 mozzarella, 1/3 romano and 1/3 asiago)

Directions

Sauce

Melt the butter in a large sauxce pan and when it's melted, just add the garlic and let it simmer for a few minutes.

Add the remaining ingredients and let it cook for at least 30-45 minutes.

Meatballs

Combine all the ingredients for the meatball sauce and mix well.

Roll out the meatball mix and cut into squares of about an inch or so thick. Roll the sausage into a square pan and cut into 1-inch squares and roll those into balls.

In a little bit of oil in a large pan, cook the outside of the meatballs (perhaps in two or three sessions) until all are just nicely browned on the outside. Set aside.

Rigatoni

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees. In a large flat mixing bowl, combine the rigatoni well with the cheese. Add the meatballs and the sauce, sprinkle remaining cheese on top and plaxce in the oven for 25-30 minutes.

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bon appetit