Thursday, February 19, 2009

Ravioli Casserole

My sister found this recipe on another blog. It's called Real Mom Kitchen. It's a great blog, you should check it out. She has pictures too. But, my sister made this for dinner on my mom's birthday. It was good. Plus, it looked really easy to make! It's a lot like a ravioli lasagna.

Ingredients:
1 jar (28 ounces) spaghetti sauce
1 package (25 ounces) frozen cheese ravioli, cooked and drained-You can also use fresh
2 cups (16 ounces) small curd cottage cheese
4 cups (16 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese

Spread ½ cup of spaghetti sauce in an ungreased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish.
Layer with half the ravioli, 1 ¼ cups of sauce, 1 cup cottage cheese, and 2 cups mozzarella cheese.
Repeat layers.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes or until bubbly.
Let stand 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
6 to 8 servings.

I think the secret to this is choosing a good ravioli. Use one that you've tried and know tastes good! You can also use a meat or spinach ravioli, we just like cheese. You just cook it according to the directions on the package. Also, be sure to use cottage cheese NOT ricotta. My sister bought ricotta by accident, it wasn't bad, but I think cottage cheese would be way better. One other thing, I love fresh stuff, so use fresh Parmesan, it's worth the little extra cost and work!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The first time I made it I used cottage cheese, and it was like one trillion times better. And that's a lot.