Baked Pasta with Ground Meat and Ricotta

Prepare the ingredients and preheat the oven. Prepare all the ingredients and preheat the oven to 200 C - we will be cooking with them in a moment 🍝✨

Chop the onion. Peel the onion and chop it finely

Peel the garlic. Peel the garlic and chop it finely

Saute the onion with the garlic. Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the onion and garlic, and saute over medium heat for about 2-3 minutes until softened

Add the ground meat. Add the ground meat and cook over medium to high heat for about 5 minutes until golden

Add the tomatoes and basil. Add the tomato sauce and, if desired, basil leaves, and cook over low heat for about 15 minutes, then season with salt and pepper

Cook the pasta. Add the pasta to boiling salted water and cook over medium heat for about 2-3 minutes less than the package instructions (about 10 minutes)

Mix with the sauce. Drain the pasta and mix it with the sauce

Add the ricotta to the baking dish. Spread the ricotta in a baking dish

Bake with Parmesan. Add the pasta on top of the ricotta, sprinkle with Parmesan, and bake in the oven at 200 C for about 10 minutes until golden

Serve. Serve 🍝🍽️✨