EASY Creamy Beefaroni

Pasta Water! About a 1/4 of pasta water takes this dish from easy to dreamy! When your pasta is nearly finished boiling, grab a ladleful or so and add to the sauce until you get a creamy consistency. Allow the sauce to simmer at least 5 minutes with the pasta water on low.
My favorite pan to cook with because it’s got high sides AND it goes stovetop to oven. I call him my old faithful: https://amzn.to/3UssB0e
I use Pecorino Romano cheese for nearly all of my Italian dishes, but parmesan will work as well.
Serve this dish up with a simple garden salad family style with Italian dressing and fresh bread.

Ingredients:

1.25 lbs. of ground beef. I use ground chuck.
1 small yellow onion diced
5-7 cloves of garlic minced
Cracked black pepper and salt to taste
1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper
1 jar of Rao’s Marinara sauce
8 oz. of cream cheese
about 1/4 cup of pasta water
fresh basil for topping
about 1/4 cup of Pecorino Romano grated Cheese for topping
1 lb. of large elbows pasta

How-To:

Add ground beef, chopped onion, minced garlic, crushed red pepper, and salt & pepper to a skillet with high sides. Cook on medium heat until the meat is almost cooked through and the onions and translucent.
In the meantime, boil the large elbows according to the directions on the back of the box to achieve al dente pasta.
Add the jar of Rao’s Marinara sauce to the ground beef once it’s browned all the way
Bring the contents of the pan to a boil; then lower to a medium low heat and simmer for 5 minutes
Add 1 block of cream cheese to the sauce and let it slowly disintegrate into the sauce for a few minutes. Then use a wooden spoon to break it up and stir it in for a couple minutes while simmering at a low heat.
Add the elbows and a ladle full of pasta water (about 1/4 cup) to the sauce and let the sauce simmer until creamy. (about 3-5 minutes)
Once you achieve the desired consistency add fresh basil and Pecorino Romano to the sauce and mix and simmer another couple minutes.
Serve it all up and enjoy!

EASY Creamy Beefaroni

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Tips and Tricks:

Pasta Water! About a 1/4 of pasta water takes this dish from easy to dreamy! When your pasta is nearly finished boiling, grab a ladleful or so and add to the sauce until you get a creamy consistency. Allow the sauce to simmer at least 5 minutes with the pasta water on low.

My favorite pan to cook with because it’s got high sides AND it goes stovetop to oven. I call him my old faithful: https://amzn.to/3UssB0e

I use Pecorino Romano cheese for nearly all of my Italian dishes, but parmesan will work as well.

Serve this dish up with a simple garden salad family style with Italian dressing and fresh bread.

Ingredients:

1.25 lbs. of ground beef. I use ground chuck.

1 small yellow onion diced

5-7 cloves of garlic minced

Cracked black pepper and salt to taste

1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper

1 jar of Rao’s Marinara sauce

8 oz. of cream cheese

about 1/4 cup of pasta water

fresh basil for topping

about 1/4 cup of Pecorino Romano grated Cheese for topping

1 lb. of large elbows pasta

How-To:

Add ground beef, chopped onion, minced garlic, crushed red pepper, and salt & pepper to a skillet with high sides. Cook on medium heat until the meat is almost cooked through and the onions and translucent.

In the meantime, boil the large elbows according to the directions on the back of the box to achieve al dente pasta.

Add the jar of Rao’s Marinara sauce to the ground beef once it’s browned all the way

Bring the contents of the pan to a boil; then lower to a medium low heat and simmer for 5 minutes

Add 1 block of cream cheese to the sauce and let it slowly disintegrate into the sauce for a few minutes. Then use a wooden spoon to break it up and stir it in for a couple minutes while simmering at a low heat.

Add the elbows and a ladle full of pasta water (about 1/4 cup) to the sauce and let the sauce simmer until creamy. (about 3-5 minutes)

Once you achieve the desired consistency add fresh basil and Pecorino Romano to the sauce and mix and simmer another couple minutes.

Serve it all up and enjoy!

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