Baked Ziti Casserole

Add something cheesy to your dinner tonight with this hearty casserole packed with pasta, pork sausage and Progresso™ Recipe Starters™ tomato sauce.

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ingredients 10
Prep Time 20 min
Total Time 55 min

Ingredients

2 1/3: cups uncooked ziti pasta (8 oz)

1: lb bulk Italian pork sausage

3: cloves garlic, finely chopped

1: can (18 oz) Progresso™ Recipe Starters™ fire roasted tomato cooking sauce

1: cup chopped onion (1 large)

1/4: cup chopped fresh basil leaves or 2 teaspoons dried basil leaves

1: cup ricotta cheese*

1/4: cup Parmesan cheese

1: egg

1: cup shredded mozzarella cheese (4 oz)

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 375°F. Cook and drain pasta as directed on package.
2 Meanwhile, in 12-inch skillet, cook sausage and garlic over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally to break up sausage, until sausage is no longer pink. Add cooking sauce, onion, basil, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and the cooked pasta; stir well.
3 In small bowl, mix ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese and egg.
4 Spoon pasta mixture into ungreased 11x7-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish. Spoon ricotta cheese mixture on top; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
5 Cover casserole with foil spayed with cooking spray to prevent sticking. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, removing foil last 10 minutes of bake time, until cheese melts and mixture is hot and bubbly.

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*Instead of ricotta cheese, you can substitute 3/4 cup cottage cheese and increase Parmesan cheese to 1/2 cup.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 460
Calories from Fat: 210),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 23g; 23%
(Saturated Fat 11g, 11% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 100mg; 100%;
Sodium: 880mg; 880%;
Total Carbohydrate: 37g; 37%
(Dietary Fiber 3g 3% Sugars 6g 6% ),
Protein: 26g; 26%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 15%;
Vitamin C: 4%;
Calcium: 30%;
Iron: 15%;

Exchanges:

2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

2 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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snoopyiam3

report Posted Mar. 19, 2013 4:43 PM

Leftovers tasted better than when the dish was first made. Not very tasty. It was okay for a meal and something new. I probably won't make again. Did not have much taste to it. Made it just like it said. Son said it reminded him of lasagna. Not what I would really call a Ziti dish.

marji54

report Posted Mar. 2, 2013 6:54 AM

This was delicious. The Progresso sauce was very good. Quick and easy to prepare. Next time I will use a little less Ricotta and Mozzarella.

CKtinydancer

report Posted Feb. 27, 2013 3:11 PM

I also substitute with Prego Italian Sausage and Garlic spaghetti sauce and add 1/2 package chopped pepperoni's. It's easy and quick. Great meal with a salad and garlic bread.

Lulu03

report Posted Feb. 26, 2013 3:22 PM

This was fantastic! But it was too dry for us so I added more spaghetti sauce.

Lulu03

report Posted Feb. 26, 2013 3:20 PM

This was very good and the leftovers were even better. But it was too dry for us so I added more spaghetti sauce and it was fantastic.