Casserole Florentine - Luke
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Pasta
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      pound         Sweet Italian Sausage, cooked, drained and chopped 
  10      ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry 
   4      cups          pasta -- cooked 
  10 3/4  ounce can     Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup 
   1      clove         garlic -- minced
   1      large         onion -- coarsely chopped
   1                    egg 
  16      ounces        Ricotta Cheese 
     1/2  teaspoon      dried tarragon
     1/2  teaspoon      marjoram
   1                    tomato -- seeded and chopped
                        salt and pepper -- to taste
   1      Tablespoon    fresh Parsley, chopped 
   1      large         Tomato, chopped
 

Preparation:

Preheat-oven to 375 - F degrees. Prepare pasta or noodles as directed on the package; drain and rinse well. Place cooked noodles or pasta in a lightly buttered 3-quart oven-proof baking pan. In a small skillet, cook sausage in about a tablespoon of vegetable oil until brown. Drain excess grease on paper toweling and reserve cooked sausage in a bowl. In a medium-sized mixing bowl. combine spinach, cream of mushroom soup, garlic, tarragon, marjoram, salt, and pepper. Stir well to blend all ingredients, then spread mixture evenly over noodles in the casserole dish. Evenly distribute cooked and chopped sausage over the spinach mixture and sprinkle with chopped onion. Blend the egg into the ricotta cheese and spoon out evenly over the top of the sausage.Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden, then allow to cool slightly before serving warm. Top with garnish of chopped tomato and fresh parsley.