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Cheesy One Pot Pasta Recipe

Cheesy One Pot Pasta is a meaty cheesy dish made with cavatappi noodles. Everything is made in the same pot from start to finish. The sauce is my easy shortcut meat sauce utilizing the best jarred marinara, Rao's. This is both easy and comforting.
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Course Dinner

Ingredients
  

Easy Meat Sauce

  • 1 lb ground chuck
  • 1 lb sweet Italian sausage
  • 1 onion diced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 1/2 jars Rao’s marinara
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp onion powder

Cheesy One Pot Pasta

  • 1 lb cavatappi
  • 2 1/2 C water divided
  • 3 balls of burrata cheese
  • prepared meat sauce

Instructions
 

  • Brown your meat and onions together over medium heat for 15-20 minutes. You want the meat to caramelize.
  • Add the garlic and cook a 2 minutes.
  • Deglaze with the pot with balsamic vinegar. Scrape up the brown bits on bottom.
  • Add the Rao’s, sugar and spices, stir, turn heat to low, cover and let simmer for 1 hour.
  • To the pot of sauce add 1 C of water and your cavatappi. Stir and set heat to high. Once it reaches a boil, turn heat down to just under medium, cover for 15 minutes.
  • Add 1 1/2 C of water, stir and cover and cook 10 minutes.
  • Add burrata cheese on top. Cover and let it melt for 10 minutes. Stir and serve.

Notes

I used my favorite noodle, cavatappi! Highly recommend trying this out. You can also add more Burrata cheese if you like it extra cheesy!
It’s literally the PERFECT autumn dinner
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