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Baked ziti.
Instructions:
Preheat oven
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b>meat mixture into the slow cooker; top with 1/2 the ziti
-3 cups of the meat sauce.
Top with remaining
Cook ziti.
Place sauce in bottom of oblong casserole dish. Then layer ziti, meat, cheese and sauce.
Then make another layer of the same.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 to 35 minutes.
Cook ziti as usual.
Mix the egg into the Ricotta cheese. Grease 9 x 12-inch baking pan.
Begin layering ingredients.
First layer of ziti, second layer meat sauce.
Top that with dollops of Ricotta, then Mozzarella cheese.
Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top of Mozzarella.
Then start layering again, ending up with the Parmesan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 approximately 1 hour, depending on your oven.
Do not overbake.
(Leave uncovered unless top begins browning too much.)
alt/pepper with onion, garlic, meat mixture and bring to a
Cook ziti according to package directions.
In large bowl, combine Ricotta, Mozzarella, Romano, egg, salt and pepper.
Place layers of ziti, filling and meat sauce, beginning and ending with the sauce.
Bake in a 350\u00b0 oven about 40 minutes.
Serves 8.
ield is 5 cups.
ZITI:.
Preheat oven to 400
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areful not to overwork the meat. Shape into bite-size meatballs
ook until browned, breaking up meat with a spoon as it
ook the ground or sausage meat with chili flakes, if using
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Cook ziti, drain.
Cook meat with a little bit of
n seasonings to evenly coat meat; stir in pasta sauce. Set
Prepare the ziti as directed. Reserve 1/4
t the bottom. Return the meat and veg back to the
Heat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Cook pasta.
In large skillet brown meat (if using) and drain. Add marinara and simmer for 10 minutes.
In a small bowl stir together ricotta, 1 cup mozzarella and seasonings.
Toss the cooked pasta with the sauce and add half of it to a 9x13 baking dish. Then spread the cheese mixture over the pasta.
Add the remaining pasta and top with mozzarella and parmesan.
Cover loosely with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 5 minutes until hot and bubbly and cheese is golden brown.