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Baked Ziti

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Baked ziti is comprised of three components; sauce, filling and cooked pasta. These are assembled after being prepared, then baked before serving. The final result is reminiscent of lasagna, but much easier and faster to prepare. It's sure to become your family's favorite!

 "Does freeze & reheat well. I followed these instructions I found online- place ziti in freezer for 30 min so easier to handle then wrap individual servings in plastic wrap then place in freezer bag. When reheating take out individual ppeice remove plastic wrap place in micro on defrost setting breaking up as needed- once thawed reheat. Just as good as when made!" - Momof2too

Yield: 16 Servings Ready in 45 minutes

Cuisine: ItalianMain Ingredient: Pasta

(4.3, 117) 85% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 16 Servings
2 lbsZiti; cooked Al dente
2 lbsGround Beef
3 quartHomemade Spaghetti Sauce
1 1/2 lbsMozzarella; shredded
32 ozRicotta Cheese
2 largeEggs

Baked Ziti Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350°. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add the ziti. Cook Al dente (do not over cook). About 10 minutes, drain the pasta. In a large skillet, brown beef over medium heat. Drain off fat and add spaghetti sauce. Simmer for about 15 minutes. Place the ziti In a large bowl. Mix with the Ricotta, eggs and half of the shredded mozzarella. In a lightly sprayed 10x15-inch casserole dish. Place half the pasta in. Add the spaghetti sauce and spread Mozzarella cheese and Ricotta cheese repeat layers till Mozzarella cheese is on top. Bake uncovered, 30 to 40 minutes, until the casserole bubbles on the edges.

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  • Used the 10x15 baking tray even though I used ingredients for serving for 8 people. Filled the tray. Looks great. photo by carollee157 carollee157

  • Super easy and delicious. I used sweet Italian sausage instead of ground beef. Spiced up the sauce better photo by rbravo rbravo

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    • Calories Per Serving: 487
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    Baked Ziti Reviews

    Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
    Had to cut the recipe in half. But still very good.
    3 weeks, 6 days, 1 hours, 43 minutes ago
    DELICIOUS and super easy to make!!!! Makes a lot so its great dinner if you an on having conpany .
    3 weeks, 6 days, 13 hours, 33 minutes ago
    My family loved this one, including my hard to please hubby!
    1 months, 1 days, 15 hours, 37 minutes ago
    Easy to make and delicious
    1 months, 2 days, 7 hours, 1 minutes ago
    Delish! I cut back on the cheese a bit to lessen the fat content. Boyfriend loved it!
    1 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 7 hours, 51 minutes ago
    This was just okay. I thought it was pretty plain.
    1 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 8 hours, 44 minutes ago
    Great recipe! My family enjoyed it. I definitely need to reduce the serving size. Thankfully it reheats well.
    1 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 2 hours, 56 minutes ago
    Very good, the children even loved it.
    2 months, 3 days, 8 hours, 3 minutes ago
    2 months, 3 days, 8 hours, 26 minutes ago
    I reduced the servings to 8... it called for 2 jars of sauce (too lazy to make my own) I made the mistake of only using 1... I should have definitely used 2. I'm not a huge marinara fan so I thought it would be okay or better with less, I was greatly mistaken.
    2 months, 4 days, 12 hours, 39 minutes ago
    Made half the recipe and still had a lot. Very good. I will make again.
    2 months, 5 days, 3 hours, 15 minutes ago
    Very good! I will make again .. I messed up and added my ricotta mixture with pasta first but I think it brought the flavor thru out
    2 months, 1 weeks, 2 days, 6 hours, 8 minutes ago
    Everyone in my house loved it! Dar
    2 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 10 hours, 44 minutes ago
    Good and easy to make.
    2 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes ago
    Very, very good!!! Made more than I needed but good!
    2 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 10 hours, 13 minutes ago
    3 months, 1 days, 7 hours, 27 minutes ago
    Delicious! Made half and seasoned the meat. Also used turkey Italian sausage. Really good :)
    3 months, 4 days, 3 hours, 50 minutes ago
    I use ground turkey, light ricotta cheese and use a mix of mozzarella and Monterey Jack. Also I mix it all up instead if using layers. Love it!!
    3 months, 4 days, 6 hours, 23 minutes ago
    Yum! Adjusted amount to accommodate family size and added some seasoning to the ground beef. But will cook again :)
    3 months, 5 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes ago
    3 months, 5 days, 4 hours, 7 minutes ago

    Tags

    1. best pasta
    2. Italian
    3. Pasta

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