Recipes > PastasFebruary 02, 2011
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Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage

Ingredients:

  • 8 oz. dry ziti pasta, cooked, drained, and kept warm
  • 2 tsp. olive oil
  • 12 oz. mild Italian sausage links, casings removed
  • 6 oz. mushrooms, sliced
  • 1/4 tsp. fennel seed, (optional)
  • 2 (15-oz.) packages Marinara Sauce
  • 1 1/2 cups (6 oz.) shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 2 Tbsp. shredded Parmesan or Romano cheese

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Grease 13 x 9 inch baking dish.

Heat olive oil in large saucepan. Add sausage; cook, stirring frequently, until no longer pink. Drain. Add mushrooms and fennel; cook, stirring frequently, until mushrooms are tender. Add sauce; cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through. Remove from heat.

Add pasta to sauce mixture; toss well to coat. Spoon into prepared baking dish; sprinkle evenly with mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.

Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until cheese is bubbly. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.

By Jodi from Aurora, CO

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(Archived Feb 02, 2011)Baked Ziti

Recipe: Baked Ziti

Ingredients

  • 2 lb. ground beef
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 jar (4 lb. 3 oz.) Prego Fresh Mushroom Italian Sauce (7 1/2 cups)
  • 1 box (16 oz.) tube-shaped pasta (ziti), cooked and drained
  • 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

Cook beef and onion in sauce pot until browned. Pour off fat. Stir in pasta sauce, ziti and 2 cups mozzarella cheese. Spoon into 2 (12 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2) disposable foil pans. Top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30 min. or until hot. Serves 12.

TIP: To freeze, prepare ziti but do not bake. Cover with foil and freeze. Bake frozen ziti, uncovered, at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour or until hot. Or refrigerate 24 hr. to thaw. Bake thawed ziti, uncovered, at 350 degrees F. for 45 minutes or until hot.

By IMAQT1962 from ILLINOIS

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