First, get some water boiling and preheat your oven to 400. And salt the water...a lot. Like, we're talking ocean water salty (it make tasty 'ronis). Cook a pound if rigatoni one or two minutes less than the package says.
While the pasta cooks, brown a pound of ground beef (we use the lean stuff). You could also do ground pork, chicken, or turkey. Make sure you break up the big chunks. Drain the grease and set it aside.
Butter a 9inch springform pan. After the pasta is done, drain it and give it a cold rinse. Then toss it with some oil and Parmesan cheese. Place the noodles in the springform so that one end is facing up. Do this until the pan is full.
Spread the beef and pasta sauce over the noodles. (I used a whole jar of sauce that was infused with veggie puree so my kids got an extra veg serving in for the day). You want it to go in the noodle openings. Then sprinkle mozzarella or any Italian cheese you'd like on top.
Bake for 15 min.
Hindsight is 20/20: I would have put onion, pepper, mushrooms and garlic cloves, maybe diced tomato in half of it (my kids get hostile when they see peppers).
Also would have put a drip pan under te springform...guess I will be cleaning the oven this weekend:(
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