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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Get your fix for baked Italian pasta right at home! Add a salad and bread for a down home meal your friends and family will adore. As with any tomato dish, this tastes even better the next day. This is from an old Polly-O Cheese cookbook. Ingredients:
1 lb bulk sweet italian sausage link |
16 ounces ziti pasta or 16 ounces rigatoni pasta or 16 ounces pasta shells |
16 ounces ricotta cheese |
16 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese |
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup romano cheese |
1 (28 ounce) jar favorite pasta sauce |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400*.
2. Pan brown sausage until tender, drain and cool, then crumble coarsely.
3. Cook pasta until just tender, 2 minutes less than package directions.
4. Drain, rinse in cold water and rinse again.
5. Combine sausage, ricotta, 1 cup of mozzarella, 1/4 cup grated parmesan or romano and 1/2 cup pasta sauce and mix well.
6. Mix this into the drained pasta.
7. Cover the bottom of a large baking pan or casserole with a layer of pasta sauce, then a third of the pasta mixture and a sprinkle of mozzarella.
8. Repeat layers until all the ingredients are used, ending with the last of the mozzarella cheese and the grated parmesan or romano.
9. Bake in a preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes until cheese on top is light brown and bubbling.
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