Time
0 min
Serving
8 persons
Calories
649
This baked ziti with sausage is quite possibly the one thing that I am constantly asked to make. It is full of flavor and delicious.
Ingredients
- cooking spray:
- dry ziti pasta: 1 pack (16 ounce pack)
- mild Italian sausage: 1 pound
- ricotta cheese: 1 container (15 ounce container)
- yellow onion: 1 piece (minced)
- egg: 1 piece
- garlic: 2 tsp (minced)
- oregano: 1 tsp (dried)
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ground black pepper: 0.5 tsp
- ½ (26 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce: 1 piece (divided)
- Italian cheese blend: 1 pack (8 ounce pack, shredded)
- basil: 1 tsp (dried, optional)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
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Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a rolling boil over high heat. Stir in ziti and return to a boil. Cook pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain well.
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While pasta is cooking, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add sausage; cook and stir until brown, about 10 minutes. Drain sausage and set aside.
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Stir together ricotta, onion, egg, garlic, and oregano in a large bowl until well combined. Stir in pasta, sausage, salt, pepper, and the half jar of spaghetti sauce; mix well.
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Cover the bottom of the prepared baking dish with 1/3 of the full jar spaghetti sauce. Layer with 1/2 of the pasta mixture, 1/2 of the remaining spaghetti sauce, and 1/2 of the shredded cheese. Repeat layers once more using remaining pasta, sauce, and cheese. Sprinkle basil over top and cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil.
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Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, about 20 minutes. Uncover; return to the oven and bake until cheese is melted, 5 to 10 more minutes.
