Johnny Machete Casserole from the Gilmore Girls (or Johnny Marzetti)Recipe preview on Faxo
Recipe

Description
You may remember that Richard Gilmore made his grandmother's casserole one Friday night for his wife Emily, daughter Lorelai and granddaughter Rory. It's actually called Johnny Marzetti, a casserole well-known to Ohioans, invented at a restaurant called
Ingredients
- 16 oz. package egg noodles
- 1 T. olive or canola oil
- 1 T. butter
- 5 oz. fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1 lb. lean ground beef
- 1/2 medium onion, diced
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 1 small green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 10 oz. can condensed tomato soup
- 1 10 oz. can condensed cream of mushroom soup
- 1 t. dried or fresh dill
- 3/4 c. Cheddar cheese, shredded
- 3/4 c. mozzarella cheese, shredded
Steps
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Bring a large pot of well salted water to a boil; cook noodles just under 8 minutes, or until al dente.
- In a medium saucepan, heat butter and oil over medium heat. When butter is melted, add mushrooms; stir once to coat them; let cook for about 5 minutes, stirring only once halfway through, so they cook through and get a little bit browned. Remove from saucepan; set aside.
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