Baked Ziti with Sausage

Name: Baked Ziti with Sausage
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb pasta; 1 olive oil; 1 lb bulk sausage; 1 large onion, chopped; 4 clove garlic, minced; 1 tbsp italian seasoning; 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes; 32 oz marinara sauce; 8 oz mozzarella cheese; 15 oz part-skim ricotta; 1/2 cup parmesan, grated; 1 tbsp fresh basil or rosemary, minced

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Leverett, MA

Baked Ziti with Sausage

Firl Family Recipes @firl

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Ingredients

45 mins

8 servings

1 lbpasta
1olive oil
1 lbbulk sausage
1 largeonion, chopped
4 clovegarlic, minced
1 tbspitalian seasoning
1/2 tspred pepper flakes
32 ozmarinara sauce
8 ozmozzarella cheese
15 ozpart-skim ricotta
1/2 cupparmesan, grated
1 tbspfresh basil or rosemary, minced

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Steps

45 mins

1

Cook pasta until al dente in salted water (~1 tbsp salt).
2

Toss pasta with drizzle of olive oil to prevent sticking.
3

Heat 1-2 tbsp oil over med-high heat and brown sausage well.
4

When meat is almost done, add onions and cook 4-5 minutes until translucent and starting to brown.
5

Add garlic and herbs and cook 1 minute more.
6

Stir in sauce and bring to simmer.
7

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread thin layer of sauce in bottom of casserole dish and dot with ricotta. Ladle some sauce into pasta to coat. Add 1/2 of pasta to dish and cover with more sauce and dots of ricotta. Repeat with remaining.
8

Sprinkle top with mozzarella and parmesan. Bake until brown and bubbly, about 20 minutes.