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Baked Ziti w/Italian Sausage

Ingredients

  • 2-24 ounce jars RAGU Mushroom Pasta Sauce

  • 3 tablespoons sweet basil

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • ½ teaspoon black pepper

  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder

  • 1 pound ground beef

  • 8 ounce pack Italian sausage, mild 

  • 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated

  • 8 ounces cheddar cheese, grated

  • ¼ cup grated smoked white cheddar cheese

  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

  • ½ teaspoon parsley flakes

  • 1 pound of ziti noodles

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NOTE:

This meal can be prepared ahead of time and place in ready.  Prepare ziti according to instructions; spoon ziti into eight 6"x3.5"x2" aluminum loaf pans.  Sprinkle with more cheese and cover the loaf pans with plastic wrap, then cover it with foil.  Place 4 pans in 2 gallon size ziplock freezer bags; freeze until ready to cook.

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Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake sausages for 25 minutes on a flat pan lined with foil.  Slice sausage and set aside.  Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.

  2. Cook ground beef until done; add salt & black pepper; drain grease.   Cook the ziti noodles; drain and set aside to cool. 

  3. Pour pasta sauce, Italian sausage and ground beef into a large pot; add basil and stir.

  4. Cover and cook sauce on medium-low for 30 minutes.

  5. Mix all cheeses into a bowl; fold in Italian seasoning.

  6. Combine the ziti noodles with the meat sauce; stir to mix well.

  7. Pour ½ the sauce in the bottom of the 13x9 inch pan; sprinkle ½ of the cheeses on top of the sauce.  

  8. Repeat this layering process until all of the ziti is gone.

  9. Bake covered for 30 minutes; remove foil and bake another 15 minutes until done.  

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FROZEN ZITI:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees; remove ziti from freezer.

  2. Remove plastic wrap and foil from ziti; rewrap loaf pans with foil on top of loaf pans.

  3. Line two flat sheet pan with foil; place loaf pans on pan and put in oven.

  4. Bake 25-30 minutes; remove foil and continue baking for another 15 minutes until cheese has melted and top of ziti is golden brown.

  5. Remove from oven and set aside.

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