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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

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  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. | 2. Prepare fresh Basil leaves by tearing or chopping them into dime-sized pieces and set aside. | 3. Cut about five slices of the fresh Mozzarella cheese and set aside. | 4. Cube the remaining Mozzarella cheese and set aside. I use about half of the cheese as cubes and about half as slices. | 5. Dice the tomatoes and set aside. | 6. Pour the Olive oil into your favorite skillet and apply medium heat. | 7. Fill a large pot with water, and apply high heat to boil the pasta. | 8. Lightly oil a 9 x 13 inch baking dish that is about 2 inches deep. | 9. Into a large bowl, combine the Marinara sauce, the diced tomatoes, the Basil, the Oregano, the red pepper flakes and the cubes of Mozzarella. | 10. Remove the casings from the sausages and brown in the skillet, breaking the sausages into clumps. | 11. Cook the Rigatoni in the boiling water until just tender. I like to add olive oil and salt to the water here, but you may cook your pasta how you like. | 12. After the pasta and sausage are cooked, add both to the large bowl and thoroughly, but gently, combine. | 13. Once everything has been mixed, pour the contents of the bowl into the baking dish. | 14. Place the slices of Mozzarella on top of the mixture. I like to cut the slices into smaller slices so I get a nice even distribution of Mozzarella on the top of the mixture. | 15. Place in the pre-heated oven, on the middle rack, and bake for about 20 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
italian sausage	2		mild	3138.8629	5.8967	129.274	284.2213
italian sausage	3			3138.8629	5.8967	129.274	284.2213
rigatoni pasta	12	ounces		302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7
marinara sauce	2 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
tomato	2		diced	44.28	9.5694	2.1648	0.49200000000000005
basil leaf	1/2	cup	chopped	302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7
oregano	2	teaspoons	dried	5.3	1.3784	0.18	0.0856
red pepper flake	1/4	teaspoon		302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7
mozzarella cheese	16	ounces		1469.6377	123.4677	61.5071	81.0569
salt				-	-	-	-
pepper				-	-	-	-

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