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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. RED SAUCE: Cook ground beef in a large skillet, breaking up with a spoon, until no longer pink, about 10 minutes. | 2. Drain off fat. | 3. Add next 7 ingredients& cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion is softened, about 5 minutes. | 4. Add tomatoes& paste, bring to a boil, then reduce heat& simmer until a spoon scraped across the bottom of the pan leaves a gap that fills in slowly. | 5. This should take about 30 minutes. | 6. WHITE SAUCE: Melt butter over medium heat in a saucepan. | 7. Whisk in flour& cook, whisking constantly, for a minute. | 8. Gradually add milk, 1/2 cup at a time, whisking constantly; continue cooking& whisking until thickened, about 15 minutes. | 9. Stir in cheese& seasonings. | 10. PASTA: Cook in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender but firm, about 8- 10 minutes or according to package directions. | 11. Coarsely chop spinach, add to the pot& give it a stir. | 12. Drain well. | 13. ASSEMBLY: Arrange half of the pasta mixture in a 13 x 9 inch glass baking dish. | 14. Spoon red sauce over top; sprinkle with artichoke hearts. | 15. Top with remainder of pasta mixture. | 16. Spoon white sauce over top; sprinkle with cheese. | 17. Bake in preheated 375F oven until bubbly& golden, about 25 minutes. | 18. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving. | 19. If made in advance& frozen, thaw in refrigerator& add 10 minutes to cooking time. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cavatappi pasta	5	cups		-	-	-	-
spinach	1	bag	trimmed	-	-	-	-
artichoke heart	1	can	drained rinsed	-	-	-	-
fontina	1 1/2	1/2	shredded	770.22	3.069	50.688	61.6572
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic	2	cloves	minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
carrot	1		diced	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
celery	1	stalk	diced	10.24	1.9008	0.4416	0.1088
oregano	1 1/2	1/2		3.975	1.0338	0.135	0.0642
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
tomato	1	can	diced	40.2099	8.6898	1.9658	0.4468
tomato paste	1/4	cup		54.12	12.4806	2.8512	0.3102
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
flour	1/4	cup		144.57	31.6514	2.3502	0.5609
milk	2 1/4	cups		334.89	26.2422	17.2935	17.9523
parmesan cheese	1/4	cup	grated	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1	pinch		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
nutmeg	1	pinch		0.7219	0.0678	0.008	0.0499

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