Baked Ziti - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef
1/2 to 1 lb. sausage
1 qt. spaghetti sauce
1 lb. shredded Mozzarella
1 lb. small curd cottage or Ricotta cheese
1 egg, beaten
1 lb. uncooked ziti
1 Tbsp. parsley
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Brown ground beef and sausage in a skillet and drain, mix with sauce and set aside.
Boil ziti noodles.
Meanwhile, mix cheeses, egg, parsley and pepper.
Add ziti and mix again.
Spread a small amount of sauce on bottom of a 9 x 13-inch pan.
Then spread half of cheese and pasta mix in pan, followed by half of sauce.
Then spread remainder of cheese, pasta again followed by remainder of sauce.
Sprinkle top with a small amount of reserved Mozzarella or Parmesan and bake at 350\u00b0 for 45 minutes to an hour.