Baked Ziti
"A great, easy pasta bake. Can be made ahead and frozen until ready to bake. I use this a lot for potlucks and weekday family meals. I usually make them in a big throw-away lasagna pan so clean up's a snap too! From the back of a San Giorgio pasta box."
photo by WiGal
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 6 cups uncooked ziti pasta
- 3 1⁄2 cups spaghetti sauce, divided
- 2 cups ricotta cheese
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1⁄4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese, grated
directions
- Cook ziti for 10 minutes in a large pot of boiling, salted water; drain.
- In a large bowl, mix cooked ziti, 1 1/2 c of spaghetti sauce, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, parsley, egg, oregano, garlic powder, and pepper.
- In a 3 quart casserole dish, pour 1/2 cup of spaghetti sauce to coat the bottom of the dish.
- Spread ziti mixture evenly over the sauce.
- Top with remaining spaghetti sauce.
- Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. (you can cover and freeze for later at this point).
- Bake covered at 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes fresh, or around 1 hour if frozen, until hot and bubbly, and hot in the center.
- Note: you may add 1 lb of cooked and drained ground beef in with the ziti mixture if you would like. You will need to add a little more sauce to the mixture if you add ground beef.
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Reviews
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I will definitely make this again, but will reduce the pasta amount by 25% and increase the cheese. We thought it was a tad dry. I made as posted, froze in portions, and baked from frozen as directed. Worked perfectly! Easy to make. Thanks for sharing with us. Made for Spring PAC 2013.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef Skie
York, 78
<p>Love to cook and come up with new recipe ideas. Always looking for that recipe to save me some money too! Other hobbies of mine include all kinds of crafty things like making jewelry, scrapbooking, sewing, card making, and many others. I live on the East coast in PA, and the local produce always provides tons of inspiration for my creativity. I'm very involved in living an eco-friendly, green lifestyle, and helping others to do so as well. My favorite dish to make is my grandmother's stuffing, and I think I'm pretty famous for it too. Everybody seems to love it. Favorite restaurant has to be Al Dente. It is a unique, family-owned Itallian place here. A rare thing among all the chain restaurants that seem to keep popping up everywhere. Pretty much every recipe I have posted I have made myself for my family and they have to like it for it to get on here. Try them out for yourself!!</p>
