Italian-Style Baked Rice
Comments: Minute rice works best for this recipe.
Servings: 6 to 8
IngredientsPreparation
  • 4 cups [1 L] rice
  • 1 pound [454 g] ricotta cheese
  • 4 eggs
  • 28 ounces [796 mL] homemade or canned meat spaghetti sauce
  • Boil rice into salted boiling water until 'al dente'; drain rice.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F [180°C].
  • Mix together ricotta cheese and one of the eggs.
  • Hard-boil remaining 3 eggs; shell then chop eggs.
  • Into a 3-quart [3-L] casserole dish layer spaghetti sauce, then rice, then ricotta mixture, then some of chopped hard-boiled eggs.
  • Repeat layers, as you would do a lasagna.
  • Bake into preheated oven for 1 hour, before serving.