Bats and Cobwebs

Bow-tie pasta and beefy pasta sauce is mixed with mozzarella cheese cubes and baked in the oven to make this spooky bats and cobwebs casserole. The bow-ties are the bats, and the stringy, gooey mozzarella cheese is the cobwebs!

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1 (8 ounce) package farfalle (bow tie) pasta

1 pound ground beef

1 small onion, chopped (optional)

1 (28 ounce) jar pasta sauce

8 ounces mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2 inch cubes

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Fill a large pot with lightly salted water, bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Stir in the bow tie pasta and return to a boil. Boil pasta, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but still firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain well.

Cook and stir ground beef and onion in a large skillet until beef is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Drain fat. Stir in pasta sauce and bring to a boil.Reduce heat to simmer.

Stir cooked pasta and half of the mozzarella cheese into the sauce; toss to combine.Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish. Top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.

Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned and bubbly, 15 to 20 minutes.

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