How to make baked ziti sicilian stye

A definite alternative from traditional baked ziti with red sauce, this baked ziti is gooey and cheesy with a white sauce. Its loaded with bite sized pieces of sausage. We serve it with garlic bread and salad and it is a hearty dinner!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 lb. cooked ziti noodles
• 1 lb. diced cooked sausage
• 1 c. shredded parmesan cheese
• 1 c. white shredded cheddar cheese
• 10oz. ricotta cheese

1. 
   Oven

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. 
   Drain pasta

   Cooked pasta until tender but slightly undercooked. It will cook further when you bake it. Drain water off and leave pasta in large pot that it was cooked in.

3. 
   Cooked sausage

   Slice and cook sausage. Stir sausage in with pasta.

4. 
   Mix with ricotta cheese

   Mix in ricotta cheese.

5. 
   Shredded cheeses.

   Mix in both shredded cheeses.

6. 

   Pour mixture into a casserole dish and bake for 35 minutes. Serve piping hot with garlic bread and salad.

Tips & Warnings

• For guests that would like some tomato flavor, put out a small bowl of tomato sauce for them to spoon onto the top of their pasta as well. Delicious!

[cadence]

on 11/22/2008 This sounds great. I don't eat meat, so I bet eggplant would be a great substitute for sausage.

[brantsbabe]

on 11/5/2008 Yummy, my family would love it. 5*

[dsarokin]

on 11/4/2008 Mmmm. Red or white, I haven't had baked ziti in ages, and now that I read this, I've a real hankering for it. I'll be over around dinner time...!

[CCrock]

on 11/4/2008 Great article! I have been looking for a good ziti recipe!