• Inside Out Ravioli

  Filed under Main Dishes - Beef, Main Dishes - Pasta
  May 6
  I sometimes don’t understand names for recipes. Like this recipe – Inside Out Ravioli. Ok, I kind of get the concept – the same “kind” of ingredients as a ravoili – sort of. But I don’t see anything “inside out” about it. To me, that would mean that the meat sauce was on the outside, and the pasta part would be in the middle. But this is more “layered” than “inside out”. But then I considered renaming it for this blog post, and I couldn’t really come up with a title! Layered Pasta, Baked Pasta… Nothing really fit. So I stuck with the name.

  

  Regardless of it’s name, it was delicious. But then again, it’s another one of those recipes that you know is going to be good before you even make it. In my mind, you can’t go wrong with a baked, cheesy pasta. And it was a great way to clean out some ingredients that I needed to get rid of – an almost empty bag of small shell pasta, some marinara sauce in the refrigerator. I love recipes like that! And if you have kids, this is a great one to “trick” them into eating their veggies. In fact, if I make this again, I would double the spinach, because there wasn’t enough of it, in my opinion!

  
  Inside Out Ravioli
  adapted from allrecipes.com

  Serves 8

  total time: about 1 hour

  1 pound pasta
  1 (10 ounce) package frozen, chopped spinach
  1/2 cup bread crumbs
  2 eggs, beaten
  1/4 cup olive oil
  1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  1 pound ground beef
  1/2 cup chopped onion
  1 clove garlic, minced
  2 (8 oz) cans tomato sauce
  1 (16 oz) jar spaghetti sauce

  Preheat oven to 350F.

  In a medium pot, cook pasta in boiling salted water until al dente. Drain well.

  Cook spinach according to package directions.

  Meanwhile, brown ground beef, chopped onion and minced garlic in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in tomato sauce and spaghetti sauce. Simmer for 10 minutes.

  Combine cooked spinach, cooked pasta, bread crumbs, 1 cup of the shredded cheese, beaten eggs and olive oil.

  Spread spinach mixture evenly into the bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish. Top with meat mixture. Top with the remaining cheese.

  Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.

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  10 Comments

10 Responses to “Inside Out Ravioli”

1. 

   Holly said on May 6th, 2010 at 2:58 pm

   I had to smile about the inside out thing;) This looks so cheesy and delish!!

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   Rosa's Yummy Yums said on May 6th, 2010 at 2:58 pm

   An awesome casserole! My tummy is rumbling!

   Cheers,

   Rosa

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   Bellini Valli said on May 6th, 2010 at 4:39 pm

   I have all of the ingredients here so it is easy to guess what I will be making for dinner.

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4. 

   Patsyk said on May 6th, 2010 at 4:43 pm

   I know my boys would devour this one! I'm printing it off so I can make it next week!

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5. 

   shawn said on May 6th, 2010 at 7:10 pm

   You just gave me our dinner recipe for tonight thanks!

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6. 

   kat said on May 6th, 2010 at 9:10 pm

   I'd just call it a baked pasta & I'd like it.

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   grace said on May 6th, 2010 at 9:19 pm

   this is an instance where you could call it 'slop casserole' and i'd still go back for seconds–great dish!

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   Joanne said on May 7th, 2010 at 12:37 am

   As long as there's cheese…you really can't go wrong. And what's in a name anyway?

   This looks delicious!

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   Bethany Park said on May 7th, 2010 at 12:11 pm

   Alright, it might not be inside out… but it looks delicious! I just can't seem to get enough pasta recipes these days. Mmmm.

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    eatme_delicious said on May 8th, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    It's all about marketing! Inside out ravioli sounds way more exciting than baked pasta haha. I'm a total sucker for that kind of thing.

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