Baked Ziti With Hot Italian Sausage & Fresh Mozzarella Recipe

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Baked Ziti With Hot Italian Sausage & Fresh Mozzarella
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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
301
Calories
Total time
75
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Cook ziti until it is al dente (so that when you bake it in the oven it will cook the rest of the way). Rinse in cold water, drain and pour into a 7 x11 glass baking dish.
  3. Meanwhile, begin cooking sausage.
  4. Puree San Marzano tomatoes, crushed red pepper flakes and salt in a blender until smooth.
  5. When sausage is done, remove from pan and add 1/2 cup wine to reserved drippings from sausage and bring to a simmer scraping any bits from the bottom of the pan and stirring with wine. While wine is simmering, slice sausage at a slight diagonal about 1/2 thick.
  6. Add pureed sauce and sliced sausage to wine and stir. Bring to a boil and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
  7. Meanwhile thinly slice and chop the fresh mozarella balls (some people recommend freezing for a 5 minutes or so to help with slicing, but I never do).
  8. When sauce is done simmering, pour everything over pasta. Sprinkle 1 cup of the fresh mozzarella throughout (fresh makes all the difference!) and sprinkle the rest on top. Top with a few shakes of crushed red pepper.
  9. Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until you see it getting a little bubbly. You can even cook it longer it you want it to get a little crisp on top, not too crisp as it will get dry.
  10. Serve with a bottle of wine and some nice Italian music.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 301.49 Kcal (1262 kJ)
Calories from fat 158.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.57g 27%
Cholesterol 48.17mg 16%
Sodium 915.98mg 38%
Potassium 184.67mg 4%
Total Carbs 2.25g 1%
Sugars 0.53g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.57g 2%
Protein 17.01g 34%
Vitamin C 1.6mg 3%
Iron 0.6mg 3%
Calcium 283.2mg 28%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 187.25 Kcal (784 kJ)
Calories from fat 98.23 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.91g 27%
Cholesterol 29.92mg 16%
Sodium 568.91mg 38%
Potassium 114.7mg 4%
Total Carbs 1.4g 1%
Sugars 0.33g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.36g 2%
Protein 10.56g 34%
Vitamin C 1mg 3%
Iron 0.4mg 3%
Calcium 175.9mg 28%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.4
    Points
  • 6
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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