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ricotta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Cottage cheese reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: provolone cheese

Part-skim mozzarella lowers fat content.

Italian sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: pork sausage

Turkey sausage reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

Parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated Pecorino

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and dairy-free.

Start with 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a heavy bottom skillet.

Add 1/2 onion to the oil and cook on medium heat.

Add 1/2 pound ground pork and 1/2 pound ground beef to the skillet.

Use a potato masher to break up the meat as it cooks.

Season the meat with salt and pepper.

Once the meat is browned, deglaze the pan with 1/2 cup of red wine and let it cook down.

Add a 28 ounce can of crushed tomatoes and a bunch of fresh basil to the skillet.

Cover the skillet and let the sauce simmer for about an hour.

In a separate pot, bring water to a boil for the rigatoni pasta.

Cook 1 1/2 pounds of rigatoni pasta for 9 minutes (3 minutes shy of al dente).

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

In a bowl, mix 1 16 ounce container of ricotta with 1 egg.

Drain the pasta and let it come to room temperature.

Toss the pasta with a little olive oil and some Parmesan cheese.

Use a 9 inch Springform pan to layer the rigatoni upright, filling it like a puzzle.

Spread the ricotta mixture over the pasta in the pan.

Add the meat sauce on top of the ricotta mixture.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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