Baked Ziti With Sausage

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 yellow onion, finely chopped
• 12 ounces italian sausages
• 3 cups ground tomatoes
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano, crumbled
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 8 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 lb dry ziti pasta
• 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 440°f.
• 2 in a large saucepan heat olive oil add yellow onion and cook until tender.
• 3 add sausage, continue to cook for 2 minutes.
• 4 add tomatoes, oregano and basil.
• 5 simmer sauce on low in a large bowl, combine ricotta cheese, salt,parsley and parmesan cheese.
• 6 set aside.
• 7 in a large pot of boling salted water, cook pasta until it is not quite al dente.
• 8 drain pasta and combine with ricotta cheese mixture.
• 9 remove sauce from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
• 10 after cooling, add sauce to pasta/ricotta mixture and mix well.
• 11 pour mixture into a 4-5 quart baking dish.
• 12 spread mozzarella cheese evenly over pasta.
• 13 bake until cheese begins to brown, about 20 minutes.
• 14 let stand 5 minutes before serving.