Easy Baked Ziti
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 pound Ziti pasta (or rigatoni, penne, mostaccioli) GF if desired/necessary
- 3 1/2 cups Marinara/Tomato Sauce(homemade is best, but your fav jarred sauce will work great) You may need 2 jars of sauce!
- 16 oz Ricotta
- 8 oz Mozzarella, shredded (2 cups)
- 1/4 cup Parsley, chopped
- 1 Egg, slightly beaten
- 1/2 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- Bring water to boil in 4-quart sauce pan, salt well. Add pasta and cook until al dente. I usually cook a minute or two LESS than the suggested cooking time.
- While pasta is cooking, in a large mixing bowl stir together 1 ½ cups of sauce, ricotta cheese, 1 ½ cups mozzarella, parsley and egg.
- When pasta is cooked, drain and then fold into the cheese/sauce mixture.
- Prepare 4 quart baking dish (a 9x13” pan usually works great) by spreading ½ cup of the remaining tomato sauce on bottom of the dish. Pour in pasta mixture and then top with remaining sauce. Finally, sprinkle remaining shredded mozzarella over the top. Sometimes I also spread about ½ C of Parmigiano-Reggiano over the top.
- Bake at 375°F for 30-35minutes or until bubbly and slightly browned on top. Let rest about 5 minutes or so before serving.