Baked Ziti with Sweet Turkey Sausage

Name: Baked Ziti with Sweet Turkey Sausage
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 2 kilograms diced tomatoes with seasonings (green pepper and onion or garlic and oregano, or any flavor you want); 2 teaspoons dried rosemary; 2 teaspoons dried thyme; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan; 946 milliliters grated part-skim mozzarella cheese, reserve 1 cup, for topping; 425 grams regular or part-skim ricotta cheese; 454 grams sweet turkey sausage, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices; 454 grams ziti noodles

Baked Ziti with Sweet Turkey Sausage might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 28g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 383 calories. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. If you have part-skim mozzarella cheese, garlic powder, ziti noodles, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a budget friendly main course. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 5 minutes.

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Cook pasta according to package directions.

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Pasta

Drain and set aside. Meanwhile, cook sausage in a hot skillet over medium heat until golden brown on all sides.

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Sausage

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Frying Pan

Add tomatoes, thyme and rosemary and simmer 5 minutes.

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Rosemary

Tomato

Thyme

Remove from heat. In a medium bowl, combine ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese and garlic powder and mix well. Spoon 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce in the bottom of a 4-quart casserole dish. Top with half of the cooked ziti. Top with half of the cheese mixture. Top with 1 cup of the tomato sauce. Repeat layers (remaining ziti and remaining cheese mixture). Top with remaining tomato sauce.

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Mozzarella

Ricotta Cheese

Garlic Powder

Tomato Sauce

Ziti

Cheese

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Casserole Dish

Bowl

Sprinkle remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese over top. Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes. Uncover and bake 15 more minutes, until cheese is golden and bubbly.

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Parmesan