Ziti Recipe

Name: Ziti Recipe
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 9, 9 12 servings
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 1 pound ziti pasta (may sub penne); 4 cups freshly shredded mozzarella cheese (more or less to taste); 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 1 pound lean ground beef; 1 pound mild Italian sausage (casings removed); 1 onion, chopped (may sub 1 ½ tsp onion powder); 1 carrot diced (optional); 1 stalk celery, diced (optional); 6-8 garlic cloves, minced (may sub 1 ½ tsp garlic powder); 1/4-1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes; 1 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes in puree; 2 15 oz. cans tomato sauce; 3 tablespoons tomato paste; 1/2 cup water; 1 tablespoon reduced sodium soy sauce; 1 tablespoon sugar (more or less to taste); 1 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar; 1 tablespoon beef bouillon or better than bouillon; 1 1/2 TBS EACH dried basil, dried parsley ((may sub 1/4 cup fresh each)); 2 teaspoons dried oregano; 1/2 tsp EACH dried thyme, salt, pepper; 1 bay leaf; 3 cups whole milk ricotta cheese; 1/2 cup sour cream; 1 egg; 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil (or 1 tablespoon dried); 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 9 · 1h 30m total

Servings

Calories

42% of a 2,000 cal day

837KCAL

Protein

48g96%

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat42g

54%

Saturated20g

100%

Unsaturated22g

—

Total Carbs68g

25%

Fiber6g

20%

Total Sugars15g

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incl. Added Sugars2g

Starch48g

—

Sodium2127mg

92%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Baked ziti with a rich tomato meat sauce, multiple cheeses, and creamy components. A simpler, cheesier take on lasagna, equally satisfying and decadent.

Ingredients

9 SERVINGS

1 lbziti pasta — or penne
4 cupsfreshly shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cupfreshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 lblean ground beef
1 lbmild Italian sausage — casings removed
1onion — chopped, or onion powder
1carrot — diced, optional
1celery — diced, optional
6–8garlic cloves — minced, or garlic powder
¼–½ tspred pepper flakes
28 ozcrushed tomatoes in puree — 1 can
30 oztomato sauce — canned, 2 cans
3 tbsptomato paste
½ cupwater
1 tbspreduced sodium soy sauce
1 tbspsugar
1½ tspbalsamic vinegar
1 tbspbeef bouillon — or Better Than Bouillon
1½ tbspEACH dried basil, dried parsley) — (may sub 1/4 cup fresh each
2 tspdried oregano
½ tspEACH dried thyme, salt, pepper
1bay leaf
3 cupswhole milk ricotta cheese
½ cupsour cream
1egg
¼ cupchopped fresh basil — or dried basil
¼ tspground nutmeg
½ cupfreshly grated Parmesan cheese

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Method

1h 30m total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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