I made a homemade meat marinara to go in this casserole. Instead of fat free sour cream I used reduced fat. The family thought this was great--they ate every bite. NO LEFTOVERS. This was perfect for me because I could make the marinara in the crockpot and quick make the pasta then mix and bake. I'll make this again.
DELICIOUS!!! A bit involved if you make it "from scratch" (fresh spaghetti in the event that you don't have any leftover) but well worth it!
Followed ingredients exactly. I used leftover spaghetti. I added a little extra sauce (from a jar) because the leftover spaghetti seemed too dry. This made the final product a little too wet. I didn't take into account that the sour cream & cottage cheese would add additional liquid. I kept the dish loosely covered with foil for half the baking time because I don't like for the cheese to get overly browned too quickly. I uncovered it for the last 20 min. Everyone loved this dish and had seconds. Although we all loved it... I feel like it needs a little more seasoning. Next time I think I will mix in some Italian seasoning salt and pepper into the cottage cheese mixture. Great way to use leftover spaghetti. I think I will start making extra spaghetti ON PURPOSE and put in freezer so I can make this dish the following week.
I was surprised to see this recipe because this is exactly how I make mine! I use regular sour cream though. It all came about one day when I was going through the fridge looking for stuff to add to left-over spaghetti to bake it. I don't like ricotta (which most people probably would have added instead), so I added some cottage cheese. It wasn't quite creamy enough, so then I added some sour cream as well. It turned out amazing and everyone LOVED it so I've been making it this way ever since. It's just funny because I thought "I" made up this recipe on my own LOL:)It's really very delicious!!!
Good use of leftover spaghetti. I stirred an egg into the cheese mixture and added some Italian seasoning and garlic. Very tastey!
To make this I had to cook more spaghetti noodles as all I had leftover were homemade Italian-American meatballs -- crumbled into pieces -- and homemade marinara sauce. Also I had no cottage cheese so just mixed regular sour cream with a little shredded Parmesan and added the end of a package of Cheddar to the mozzarella. It baked covered for 30 minutes and uncovered for 10. Delicious!
This was DELICIOUS. I seriously can't stop shoveling this into my face. So my boyfriend and I tried it after I ruined some spaghetti into a coagulated mess. It was seriously unsalvageable. But I applied it as directed and it worked just fine as a noodle layer. I did add an egg to the cheese mixture and a layer of pepperoni (instead of the author's suggested sausage which I'll try next time) but it would have still been amazing either way---the brilliant sour cream-cottage cheese mixture really ties the dish together. Seriously try this recipe it could be a new favorite for you and yours. And if your spaghetti is all dry and gross here's how to make it tasty again.
First of all, to the person who gave it one star and said "no true lasagna recipe would use cottage cheese and sour cream"... I don't recall this recipe saying it was was authentic anything?? This is a recipe utilizing leftovers. It is what it is, and it is wonderful.
Yes having married into an Italian family I wondered about the filling too. And all I have to say is I LOVE IT and will probably swap it for the typical bland ricotta I usually use in my Italian cooking. I added a little parmesan and some Italian seasoning to it. It was WONDERFUL!
I keep my own homemade sauce in the freezer in great proportions so I used that. I did follow the "tip" and put Italian sausage on the bottom prior to layering.
Regardless, I love this concept and i LOVE LOVE the cottage cheese/sour cream filling!
Thank you for posting this recipe! I will most definitely prepare it again and again!
Easy to make with leftover spaghetti but my family was not a fan.
