Subject: Italian Style Rigatoni
From: "Dancer^" <[email-masked]>
Date: 9 Feb 2000 06:54:13 -0700
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes

Italian Style Rigatoni

1 1/2 pounds ground beef, lean -- * see note
4 ounces mushrooms, canned -- sliced and drained
1/3 cup onion -- chopped
1 clove garlic -- minced
1 tablespoon fresh parsley -- chopped
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon basil
29 ounces tomatoes, canned -- chopped
6 ounces tomato paste
8 ounces rigatoni -- uncooked
8 ounces sliced pepperoni

In large skillet, brown ground beef until almost done. Add mushrooms, onion
and garlic and cook until onion is tender but not brown. Drain off excess
fat. Stir in remaining ingredients except rigatoni and pepperoni; bring to a
boil then reduce heat and simmer covered, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes.
Cook rigatoni according to package directions; drain. Stir rigatoni and
pepperoni into meat sauce. Place in rectangular glass dish; top with
mozzarella cheese, heat in oven until melted. Serve.
*May use Italian sausage for the ground beef.

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