Italian meatball casserole

Cutlets and meatballs

There are a million versions of these recipes out there. This one was inspired, at least, by the post at Delish called Spaghetti & Meatball Pie <br />http://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a52491/spaghetti-meatball-pie-recipe/ <br /> <br />I liked the idea of the meatball layer giving it some body up top and dictating the 12 portions. I wanted to build it tall rather than low. I went low carb with the chickpea based pasta and used flaxmeal rather than breadcrumbs for the meatballs. The red sauce is my fast go-to and is at least as fast as going to the store and buying a bottle of commercial sauce, and let’s me reduce the sugar content, at the very least. I added cream cheese into the ricotta layer to give that some extra body. <br />