Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
2 lbs ricotta cheese
1 pkg non-spaghetti pasta (I used radiatore... looks like those
Escher creatures that roll up into a ball.)
1 small can tomato sauce (or larger, depending on your tastes)
Optional:
Garlic, oregano, etc. to taste
Grated mozzarella cheese in conjunction with the ricotta
An ounce or two of pepperoni or kielbasa or some other "pungent"
meat in conjunction with the ground beef
Eggplant or zucchini to replace meat for kosher/vegetarian variation
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Brown meat (and spices and/or pepperoni/kielbasa) and boil water for
pasta. Cook pasta until al dente. Mix meat and cheese, in a large pan,
and add cooked pasta. Spread evenly throughout pan. Drizzle tomato
sauce on top (and more spices, if desired), and bake for 20 or 30
minutes at 350 degrees or until cheese is just starting to turn brown
(or if most of the cheese is covered by tomato sauce, until the sauce is
bubbling).