Easy Cheesy Pizza Casserole

Name: Easy Cheesy Pizza Casserole
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 lb Lean Minced Beef (1 lb ground beef or equivalent amount of a ground beef/bulk Italian sausage mix); ½ cup Ricotta Cheese (1/2 cup ricotta); 1 pinch Fresh oregano (pinch of oregano); 1 pinch Basil (pinch of basil); 1 tbsp Parmesan Cheese (1 Tbs grated Parmesan cheese + Herbed Parmesan Drop Biscuits + Additional Parmesan cheese for topping + 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese); 26 oz Dried Pasta (1 - 26 oz jar of pasta sauce); 1 can Tomato Purée (1 can pizza sauce); 0.13 tsp Red Pepper Flakes (1/8 - 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes); ½ piece Pepperoncini (Pepperoni slices (I used 1/2 of a package of Hormel brand)); 2 cup Mozzarella Cheese (2 cups shredded mozzarella); ½ cup Provolone (1/2 cup shredded aged Provolone); 2 ¼ cup Biscuit (2 1/4 cup baking mix (like Bisquick or Jiffy)); ⅔ cup Full Cream Milk (2/3 cup milk); 1 piece Fish Sauce (-or-)

50 minMediterranean

Servings6

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Ingredients

For 6 servings

Lean Minced Beef1 lb · 1 lb ground beef or equivalent amount of a ground beef/bulk Italian sausage mix
Ricotta Cheese½ cup · 1/2 cup ricotta
Fresh oregano1 pinch · pinch of oregano
Basil1 pinch · pinch of basil
Parmesan Cheese1 tbsp · 1 Tbs grated Parmesan cheese + Herbed Parmesan Drop Biscuits + Additional Parmesan cheese for topping + 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Dried Pasta26 oz · 1 - 26 oz jar of pasta sauce
Tomato Purée1 can · 1 can pizza sauce
Red Pepper Flakes0.13 tsp · 1/8 - 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
Pepperoncini½ piece · Pepperoni slices (I used 1/2 of a package of Hormel brand)
Mozzarella Cheese2 cup · 2 cups shredded mozzarella
Provolone½ cup · 1/2 cup shredded aged Provolone
Biscuit2 ¼ cup · 2 1/4 cup baking mix (like Bisquick or Jiffy)
Full Cream Milk⅔ cup · 2/3 cup milk
Fish Sauce1 piece · -or-

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Steps

1Brown ground beef in skillet; drain fat.
2Mix in pasta or pizza sauce and pepper flakes; set aside.
3Mix ricotta cheese with the herbs and Parmesan in a separate bowl; set aside.
4Mix the dry ingredients for the biscuits.
5Add milk and stir until combined.
6Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 13 x 9 pan with non-stick spray. Drop biscuit dough by teaspoons in the bottom of pan, spacing evenly. It's OK if there is space between the dough--it will expand as it's cooked. Top with ground beef mixture and dot with the ricotta cheese mixture.
7Bake at 375 for about 20 min or until biscuits are puffed and beginning to get golden brown.
8Top with mozzarella and provolone cheeses and distribute pepperoni slices evenly over top, increase oven temperature to 425 degrees. Return to oven and bake until cheeses are melted and beginning to bubble. This should take about 10 minutes.
9Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes before slicing and serving. May be topped with the additional Parmesan cheese.