Italian Spoon Biscuits With Tomato Sauce And Cheese Food

BISCUIT TOPPED ITALIAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in pan, drain, and set aside.
• Sauté onion in pan over medium heat until tender and translucent.
• Add garlic and sauté until just fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir in tomato sauce, water, and tomato paste.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Stir in thawed vegetables and 1 cup cheese and pour mixture into a greased 9 x 13 baking dish.
• Top with remaining 1 cup cheese.
• Remove biscuits from tube and separate each horizontally so that you have 16 thinner biscuits.
• Arrange biscuits around the edge of the dish overlapping as necessary to fit them all.
• In a small bowl, combine butter, oregano, and garlic powder.
• Brush over tops of biscuits.
• Bake at 350 for 15 - 20 minutes or until biscuits are browned on top and cooked through (gently lift one of the biscuits off of the top of the casserole to be sure it has cooked on the bottom).
• Allow dish to rest 5 minutes before serving.

TOMATO BACON CUPS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the tomato, mayonnaise, bacon, cheese, onion and basil; set aside. Split each biscuit into three layers; press each layer into an ungreased miniature muffin cup. , Spoon tomato mixture into cups. Bake at 450° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

BISCUIT-TOPPED ITALIAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomato sauce, water and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in vegetables and 1-1/2 cups cheese. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., Split each biscuit in half. Arrange biscuits around edge of dish, overlapping slightly; brush with butter and sprinkle with oregano. Sprinkle remaining cheese over the meat mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until the biscuits are golden brown.

ITALIAN SPOON BISCUITS WITH TOMATO SAUCE AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Cut each biscuit into 8 pieces; place in prepared dish. Add sauce, green onions and bell pepper and stir to blend well.
• Bake until top is set and almost firm to touch, about 35 minutes. Sprinkle cheese over evenly. Bake until cheese melts, about 5 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes. Cut into squares and serve.

FIVE MINUTE TOMATO SAUCE WITH RICOTTA AND PARMIGIANO

Steps:

• Empty peeled plum tomatoes into a bowl and break them up with your hands or a spoon.
• Heat olive oil in a saucepan and add garlic. Gently fry ingredients together.
• Add the peeled plum tomatoes to the saucepan. Simmer on low to medium heat for 10 minutes. Season the sauce with salt. Add the basil leaves at the end.
• Remove the sauce from the heat, add the ricotta and Parmigiano. Serve immediately.

ITALIAN CASSEROLE (RIGATONI AND CHEESE WITH TOMATO SAUCE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook rigatoni according to package directions until al dente; drain.
• Combine tomato sauce with seasonings, and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minuntes.
• Add sauce to pasta and toss to coat.
• In a baking dish, arrange pasta and cheese in layers, ending with cheese.
• Pour melted butter over all.
• Bake, covered, for 15 minutes.
• Uncover, and bake for another 15 minutes.
• To freeze: Undercook pasta by a minute or two. Assemble dish as directed. Wrap with plastic wrap and then foil. Label and freeze.
• To serve: Thaw in fridge. Remove plastic wrap and recover with foil. Bake as directed for 20 minutes. Then uncover and bake 15 more minutes.

BEEF & BISCUIT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large nonstick skillet, brown the ground beef with the onion and green pepper. Drain off any excess fat.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, chili powder, and garlic salt. Let simmer.
• Separate the biscuit dough into 10 biscuits; split each in half. Press 10 biscuit halves over the bottom of an ungreased 8-inch or 9-inch square baking pan.
• In a bowl, mix 1/2 cup of the cheese with the sour cream and egg.
• Remove the meat mixture from the heat and stir in the sour cream mixture. Spoon over the biscuit dough.
• Arrange the remaining biscuit halves on top. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 cup of cheese.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until golden brown.

ITALIAN PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until the onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Sit tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, wine, tomato paste, chicken bouillon granules, basil, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper with the onion mixture. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook at a simmer, stirring frequently, for 1 hour.