Baked Gemelli

 Just typing up an old favorite (we use gluten free pasta) so I can pin it for my daughter to find.

Baked Gemelli is how it's labelled in my binder of really old  recipes. No idea original author.  I did not create this.

Ingredients:

1 chopped onion

1 tbsp oil

1 pound ground beef

16oz gluten free rotini pasta

28oz diced tomatoes, drained

1.5 tsp salt

1/2 cup pesto

1.5 cups mozzarella, shredded

.25 cps parmesan cheese, grated

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400'

oil a 9x13 baking dish.

In large pot, cook pasta as directed.

In large pan - heat oil over med heat.  Add onion and cook until softened. Stir in ground beef and cook until no longer pink.

Drain any excess fat. Add tomatoes and salt and simmer until liquid mostly evaporates - 5-10 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir in pesto sauce.  Add drained pasta and toss with meat sauce.

Place half of mixture in baking dish. Cover with half mozzarella and half of parmesan.

Repeat with remaining pasta and cheese. Bake ~15min.

Image looks similar to this I found online: