🍝 Baked Ziti
Baked ziti is an Italian-American casserole of ziti pasta tossed with tomato sauce and crumbled sausage, layered with ricotta and mozzarella, sprinkled with parmesan and baked until bubbling and golden. It is cheesy, saucy and filling. It is a staple of family dinners, potlucks and Sunday gatherings, cut into squares to serve.
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What it is made of
Recipe
Ingredients
- 400 g ziti
- 300 g sausage, casing removed
- 700 g tomato passata
- 250 g ricotta
- 200 g mozzarella, grated
- 40 g parmesan, grated
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- Salt and pepper
Method
- Brown the sausage in a pan, breaking it up; add the garlic, passata and oregano and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Boil the ziti for 2 minutes less than the packet time and drain.
- Mix the pasta with most of the sauce.
- Layer half the pasta in a baking dish, dot with ricotta and half the mozzarella, then add the rest of the pasta and sauce.
- Top with remaining mozzarella and parmesan and bake at 190 °C for 25 minutes until golden.
How to make it lighter
- Cut a modest square and add a big green salad on the side.
- Use part-skim ricotta and mozzarella, and less of each layer.
- Use half the sausage and add mushrooms or zucchini to the sauce for volume.
History
Baked pasta dishes, pasta al forno, have deep roots in southern Italy, and Italian immigrants made baked ziti a classic of Italian-American cooking. It remains a favourite for feeding a crowd.
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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →