Three Cheese Baked Ziti
Crowd pleasing pasta that's full of flavor and less fat than your standard version!
Equipment
- Standard Oven
Ingredients
- 1 pound ziti
Sauce
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic
- 16 ounces mushrooms chopped
- 1 pound lean ground beef 90/10
- 25 ounces marinara sauce
- 28 ounces chopped tomatoes with juice
- 2 tbsp italian seasoning
- salt
- pepper
For the Cheese Mixture
- 1 pound low fat mozzarella cheese
- 15 oz ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- 2 tbsp parsley fresh
- 2 whole eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- In large pot cook ziti to package instructionsfor al dente. Drain and set aside.
- In large pot, heat olive oil, and garlic for30 seconds, until fragrant. Addmushrooms and brown until water is released and have decreased in volume byabout half. Do not salt them!
- Then add ground beef, about ½ tsp salt. Cook until browned.
- Add marinara and chopped tomatoes (and their juices) to the meat mixture. Add seasonings, salt and pepper to taste and simmer for 20 minutes.
- In separate bowl combine ½ mozzarella cheese, all of the ricotta, parmesan, salt and pepper to taste and eggs.
- Then add cooled pasta to cheese mixture and coat well. Next combine noodles with 3-4 cups meat sauce.
- Finally, layer your baking dish with ½ noodle mixture, ½ the sauce and half of remaining mozzarella. Repeat one more time.
- Bake covered for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until heated through. Remove foil during the last 15 minutes to brown top.
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Nutrition
Calories: 360kcal
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