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Sausage And Spinach Penne Casserole

If you love italian sausage, this is the recipe for you! I had these ingredients in the house after a weekend of making various appetizers and threw this together- was it ever good and it tastes even better the next day!

Steps

Put the water on to boil for the pasta.
Fry the sausage slices over medium heat in a large skillet.
Remove the sausage from the pan.
Fry the sliced onion until translucent.
Lower the heat to medium low.
Water should be boiling - add the pasta.
Add the fresh garlic and fry for a minute.
Add the spaghetti sauce , tomato paste , cayenne and simmer.
Add slightly beaten eggs to the ricotta.
Mix in the spinach and 1 / 2 cup parmesan.
Pasta should be slightly firm.
Shred the cheese.
Fill a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan half full with the drained pasta.
Stir in the sauce.
Sprinkle 1 / 8 cup parmesan across.
Sprinkle 1 cup mozzarella across.
Spread out the sausage evenly across.
Spread the spinach mixture across.
Sprinkle 1 cup mozzarella across.
Spread the rest of the sauce across.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Add any remaining parmesan and mozzarella and then cook until it is melted.

Ingredients

penne, italian sausage, frozen chopped spinach, onion, fresh garlic, spaghetti sauce, tomato paste, cayenne, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, egg whites, mozzarella cheese