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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Sauce. | 2. Saute onion in olive oil for about 5 minutes. | 3. Add meat and brown. | 4. Add red wine and cook for about 5 minutes. | 5. Add sauce and seasonings and simmer for 30 minutes. | 6. Let it cool in refrigerator for at least a couple of hours and remove when ready to assemble the dish. | 7. Skim the fat from the sauce. | 8. Pasta assembly. | 9. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. | 10. Cook the pasta for a couple of minutes less than that indicated on the box as it will continue to cook in the oven. | 11. Reserve some of the mozzarella to top the dish. | 12. Defrost the spinach. | 13. In a mixing bowl combine the ricotta, the remaining mozzarella, grated cheese and spinach. | 14. When the pasta is cooked start the assembly in an oven proof casserole. Start with a layer of sauce. Toss the pasta with the sauce. Add a layer of pasta to the casserole. Add a layer of the cheese/spinach mixture. Repeat with the sauce/pasta/ cheese mixture until all ingredients are used. You should end with a layer of pasta and top it off with a layer grated cheese and mozzarella cheese. | 15. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes. | 16. Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	3	tablespoons		358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
onion	1/2	cup	chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
beef	1	lb	chopped	603.2786	8.4368	91.5804	20.0488
tomato sauce	28	ounces		896.9939999999999	142.8046	46.7548	15.5585
red wine	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
oregano	1	teaspoon		2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
parsley	1	teaspoon		0.45	0.0791	0.0371	0.0099
marjoram	1	teaspoon		1.626	0.3634	0.076	0.0422
basil	6	leaves		0.69	0.0795	0.0945	0.0192
pasta	1			19.5611	2.8349	0.4366	0.6549
ricotta cheese	1	lb		789.2517	13.7892	51.0746	58.8764
mozzarella cheese	1	lb		1469.641	123.46799999999999	61.5072	81.0571
cheese	1/2	cup	grated	238.275	1.5795	14.445	19.3995
spinach	8	ounces	frozen	49.8951	8.845	4.9895	0.6804

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.