Free Recipe Oven-Baked Ziti with Three Cheeses
Recipe Type: C Recipes
Recipe Preparation: bake
Cooking Ingredients for Oven-Baked Ziti with Three Cheeses Recipe
2 tb Olive oil
1 Onion; chopped
2 Garlic; chopped
1 ts Fennel seeds
1/3 c Tomato paste
1 Tomato sauce
1 c Water
1 ts Dried oregano leaves;
-crumbled
1/2 ts Dried sage; rubbed
1/2 c Parmesan cheese; grated
8 oz Mozzarella cheese; grated
12 oz Freshly cooked ziti or
Other tubular pasta
1 Egg
Oven-Baked Ziti with Three Cheeses Preparation
Heat oil in a heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and fennel seeds and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Mix in tomato paste and cook 1 minute. Add tomato sauce, water, oregano and sage. Simmer until mixture thickens slightly, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup parmesan. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Preheat oven to 450. Butter 9×13 inch glass baking dish. In medium bowl combine ricotta cheese and egg. Reserve 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese for topping. Add remaining mozzarella to ricotta cheese mixture and blend. season with salt and pepper. Spread 1/4 of tomato sauce over bottom of prepared dish. Layer 1/3 of pasta over. Drop half of ricotta cheese mixture over by spoonfuls. Spread 1/4 of sauce over. Repeat layering with another 1/3 of pasta, remaining cheese mixture, 1/4 of sauce and remaining pasta. Spread remaining sauce over and sprinkle with reserved mozzarella and remaning 1/4 cup parmesan. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Cover and bake until heated through, about 40 minutes. Contributor: Bon Appetit Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by Jack Elvis <jackelvis@moonlink.net> on Apr 28, 1998
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Recipe Serves: 6
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