Boys and Girls Club Baked Bolognese

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 60
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 300.2
  • Total Fat: 11.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 39.7 mg
  • Sodium: 309.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 35.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.9 g
  • Protein: 14.7 g

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Introduction

A simple, fairly cheap and filling dinner I made up today for the 60 Evening Program participants at the Club: I put together the sauce in the morning and let it simmer for two hours while I made their dessert (ricotta-cherry turnovers!), then layered it with freshly cooked pasta and pressed, "dry" cottage cheese, popping it all into the oven for an hour and a half so it would be perfectly done by dinnertime! A simple, fairly cheap and filling dinner I made up today for the 60 Evening Program participants at the Club: I put together the sauce in the morning and let it simmer for two hours while I made their dessert (ricotta-cherry turnovers!), then layered it with freshly cooked pasta and pressed, "dry" cottage cheese, popping it all into the oven for an hour and a half so it would be perfectly done by dinnertime!
Number of Servings: 60

Ingredients

    ¼ cup unsalted butter
    3 large onions, finely chopped
    2 carrots, finely chopped
    2 cloves garlic, minced
    1 tbsp olive oil
    4 lbs lean ground beef
    ¼ tsp nutmeg
    ½ tsp cinnamon
    ½ tbsp black pepper
    1 ½ tbsp Italian seasoning
    84 oz (3 28-oz cans) thick tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes
    1 (6-oz) can tomato paste
    2 cups beef broth
    2 ½ cups heavy cream
    2 lbs frozen (thawed) mixed vegetables, pureed
    5 lbs fusilli pasta, cooked just shy of “al dente” and drained
    2 lbs pressed “dry” cottage cheese (or ricotta)

Directions

Melt butter in a large stockpot over medium-high heat.
Add onions and sauté until golden, then add carrots and garlic.
Cook until carrots begin to soften, about 8-10 minutes.
Add olive oil and ground beef to the pot, sprinkle with nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper and Italian seasoning.
Cook, stirring to break up the meat, until the beef is well browned – about 6-7 minutes.
Stir in tomato sauce, tomato paste, beef broth, heavy cream and pureed vegetables.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to very low and cook, stirring occasionally, 2 - 2 ½ hours.
Preheat oven to 350F, grease 2 large, deep roasting pans.
Spread a thin layer of meat sauce in the bottom of each pan, followed by a layer of noodles (about 1/3 of the pot in each pan.
Sprinkle a layer of cottage cheese overtop the noodles.
Add the remaining pasta to the sauce in the pot, stirring well to coat.
Divide the mixed sauce/pasta between the two pans, covering the cheese layer completely.
Place into the oven and bake 1 ½ hours.
If desired, sprinkle top of pasta with breadcrumbs and broil 5 minutes further.

Number of Servings: 60

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.