Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Who is Johnny Marzetti?

 


Another old post from the Kinja Archive. 12/28/15.

I have to cook for the bowl game tomorrow, and since I already wanted to make a batch of tomato sauce for the freezer, I am going to use some for a poor man’s lasagna version of Johnny Marzetti. Basically a casserole with pasta, ground meat, and tomato sauce. And cheese.

I use pasta shells and layer that in a casserole dish with the meat sauce and cheese. A ricotta/parmesan/parsley mixture like you would use in a lasagna. And a little bit of mozzarella. Then you bake it at 350 for about 30 minutes.

There are many different versions and ways to make this kind of casserole. Good for leftovers. I’ve done one with smoked chicken I needed to use.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marzetti 

https://www.seriouseats.com/johnny-marzetti-beefaroni-hamburger-helper-goulash-italian-american-recipe 

https://ohiothoughtsblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/johnny-marzetti-recipe-and-history.html 


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