About
Ahh, the weekend is finally here! What better way to celebrate a little time off than by whipping up this Weekend Pizza Bake? Layered up and bubbling with all of your favorite pizza flavors, you won't be mad for a second that you traded the usual crispy crust for some bouncy penne... it makes for a delicious combination! Weekend Pizza Bake is even cheaper than your go-to takeout pizza, yet will taste even better. What a tasty start this is!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 (15-ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 (16-ounce) box penne, cooked and warm
- 3 cups mozzarella
- 1 (6-ounce) package pepperoni, sliced
- 1/4 cup parmesan
- fresh parsley, to taste, for garnish
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2 -Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Step 3 -In a large pan over medium heat, add the beef and cook, while crumbling, until it is no longer pink. Drain the excess grease.
Step 4 -Add the crushed tomatoes and their juices, the garlic salt, and the Italian seasoning to the cooked beef and stir to combine.
Step 5 -Evenly spread 1/2 of the cooked penne into the bottom of the prepared baking dish and evenly top with 1/2 of the beef mixture. Evenly sprinkle the beef mixture with 1/2 of the mozzarella, then evenly layer with 1/2 of the pepperoni slices. Repeat the layers once.
Step 6 -Evenly sprinkle the parmesan over the pizza bake, then cover the baking dish with foil.
Step 7 -Bake the pizza bake, about 30 minutes.
Step 8 -Discard the foil and bake the pizza bake again until it is bubbly and brown, about 15 minutes.
Step 9 -Transfer the baking dish to a wire rack and let the pizza bake cool, about 5 minutes.
Step 10 -Serve the pizza bake garnished with the parsley.
