Baked Ziti with Sausage (or not)
MB’s Baked Ziti is pasta-lively awesome! It’s a pan just brimming with comfort! But really its a pan of pasta tubes filled inside and out with Mr. Tom’s home made tomato sauce (including fresh basil) , ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, shredded parmesan cheese, fresh parsley, oregano, browned Italian sausage (or not, for our vegetarian friends) and lastly big culinary virtual hugs to pull the whole thing together.
Comes ready to bake off, so your place will even get that comfort aroma!! Bake it regular, or super crusty, the way MB likes it!
Serves about 3 people
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Leave aluminum foil on top and bake for 15 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and put back in the oven for 15 more minutes. Keep an eye on it and if you like it a little crispier, leave it in for a few extra minutes. Cheese should be golden brown when finished.
Tomato sauce- tomatoes, tomato paste, onions, brown sugar, olive oil, oregano, garlic, basil, salt
Mozzarella cheese- low moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), potato starch, corn starch and powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor).
Parmesan cheese- pasteurized part skimmed milk, cheese cultures, salt, and enzymes.
Ricotta cheese filling- whey, milk, eggs, parsley, vinegar, and xantham gum, guar gum, locust bean gum (stabilizers).
Ziti Noodles- durum wheat semolina, niacin, iron lactate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid.
Sausage-(Pork, Water, Contains 2% Or Less: Pork Broth, Corn Syrup, Salt, Spices, Vinegar, Sugar, Monosodium Glutamate, Spice Extractives, Natural Flavor)
Contains: milk, eggs, wheat.