Grandma Pat's Mock Ravioli

By UncleDick

Adapted from Mrs. Rastlers Recipe (Russel Field and Susan Helvick's grandmother)

Ingredients

• Meat:
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 pound ground pork sausage
• 1 chopped onion
• 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 12-24 inches of fresh rosemary, cut up (stolen from the Brown’s front yard!)
• 1 package frozen, chopped spinach (the square one)
• 3/4 C spinach liquid and water
• 1 can 14oz tomato sauce
• 1/2 6oz can tomato paste
• 1/2 cup bread crumbs (Progresso with Italian seasoning)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 c fresh parmesan, assiago or romano shredded cheese
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 16 oz of cooked pasta (bow ties)
• sauce:
• In other pan, brown 1/4 of ground beef and 2 Tbsp of sausage. Add 1 minced garlic clove, 1 tsp rosemary, 1 tsp allspice, 3 cans of tomato sauce (6 oz each), 2 cans of water, 1 tsp salt. Bring to boil and simmer 2 hours.

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 100mins

Preparation

Step 1

Brown ground beef and sausage. Then, add onion, garlic, rosemary, salt, and pepper.
Simmer this mixture for 1 hour. Drain and cool.

Cook spinach according to package. Drain and cool.

Then combine meat mixture, spinach, bread crumbs, eggs and cheese.

In ungreased pan, layer ½ of the pasta, ½ of the meat mixture, ½ of the sauce and sprinkle with a little more cheese. Repeat the layering one more time.

Bake at 350 degrees until heated all the way through and cheese on top is melted.