BATS AND COBWEBS

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We make this for Halloween every year at my son's request! It's like spaghetti using bow-tie pasta! It is mixed together with mozzarella cheese cubes and baked in the oven. The bow-tie pasta is the bats and the stringy, gooey mozzarella cheese is the cobwebs!

Provided by Kristin McNeil

Categories Main Dish Recipes Casserole Recipes Noodles

Time 40m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package farfalle (bow tie) pasta
1 pound ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
1 (28 ounce) jar pasta sauce
8 ounces mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Fill a large pot with lightly salted water, bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Stir in the bow tie pasta and return to a boil. Boil pasta, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but still firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain well.
Cook and stir ground beef and onion in a large skillet until beef is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Drain fat. Stir in pasta sauce and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer.
Stir cooked pasta and half of the mozzarella cheese into the sauce; toss to combine. Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish. Top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.
Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned and bubbly, 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 522.1 calories, Carbohydrate 47.4 g, Cholesterol 76.2 mg, Fat 23.1 g, Fiber 4.9 g, Protein 30.4 g, SaturatedFat 10.1 g, Sodium 866.9 mg, Sugar 13.7 g