Another great, fabulous, mouth-watering, delicious recipe from my friend, Beth. I can smell it from here. This baked ziti is moist, tomato-y, cheesy, and delicious. You can pass extra sauce at the table as well.
Preheat the oven to 350°. Coat a 9 x 13 pan with PAM and set aside.
In a saucepan, combine the tomatoes with juice from can, basil, oregano, salt and pepper, 2 Tbs. onion, grated or chopped very fine, and the clove of garlic – pressed. Add these to the Tomatoes.
Break up the tomatoes with the back of your spoon, and simmer while you shred the cheese and cook the noodles.
Combine the ricotta, Swiss, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses along with the parsley. Check it for salt and pepper. Set aside.
Cook the Ziti according to package directions and drain well.
Stir the sauce into the hot, drained noodles, then stir the cheese mixture into the noodles and sauce, mixing well. Pour into the baking pan.
Top with six slices of provolone cheese and extra Parmesan. Cover loosely and bake for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for 15 or 20 minutes longer.
In the last few minutes of baking, spoon over the melted provolone a cup or more of your favorite marinara sauce (mine is Paul Newman’s) and sprinkle with extra Parmesan. The result is well worth the addition of the marinara. The Ziti is moist, tomato-y, cheesy, and delicious! Enjoy!
(This recipe courtesy of my dear friend Beth Sollars – the Singingirl Cooks Gal!)
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Thanks! This really is crowd pleasing. I add more garlic and use whole-wheat pasta. It actually does almost taste better on day 2. I think it’s the combination of cheeses that makes this a winner.
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lillieknits on 3.29.2010
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It was delicious. I added more garlic, cooked half and froze half for later. I agree that it tasted great as leftovers!
Shauna on 1.6.2010
oh this was fabulous!! End of subject and I will make it again.
flemel2001 on 10.6.2009
This was almost better as leftovers than as fresh-baked!!!
amos1976 on 7.29.2009
This was delicious! I cooked it for my dad’s birthday (8 people) and it was a hit with everyone!
Susan on 7.22.2009
Put it this way, if Beth’s cookin’ it, it’s gonna be good. We made this about a 3 weeks ago and it was absolutely delicious. The left overs were wolfed down the next day for lunch. A great pasta meal for the family!