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• Ingredients
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• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 70 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain. Transfer to a large bowl and toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil. | 2. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir ground beef until browned, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, onion, water, tomato paste, cinnamon, sugar, cayenne, salt, and pepper; stir to combine. Simmer meat sauce over medium-low heat until flavors combine, 20 minutes. | 3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). | 4. Pour meat sauce over rotini; mix well. Pour half the pasta mixture into a casserole dish; sprinkle with half the Mizithra cheese and half the mozzarella cheese. Top with remaining pasta mixture; sprinkle remaining Mizithra cheese and mozzarella cheese. | 5. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and bubbling, about 40 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
rotini pasta	1	package		-	-	-	-
olive oil	3	tablespoons	divided	358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
beef	1	pound	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
tomato	6		grated	372.4138	82.5787	19.4303	3.2384
yellow onion	1		grated sweet	114.84	6.8382	0.8265	9.396
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato paste	3	tablespoons		39.36	9.0768	2.0736	0.2256
cinnamon	1	tablespoon	ground	-	-	-	-
white sugar	1/2	teaspoon		8.127	2.0996	0.0	0.0
cayenne pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.862	0.5097	0.1081	0.1554
salt black pepper	to taste		ground	-	-	-	-
mizithra cheese	4	cups	shredded	-	-	-	-
mozzarella cheese	1	cup	shredded	-	-	-	-

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