Baked Ziti

By AnneS

YIELDS 6 SERVINGS.

Ingredients

• 1 box ziti or small tube pasta
• marinara sauce
• 1 pound mozzarella cheese, diced and divided into 3/4 and 1/4
• 1 pound ricotta cheese
• Parmesan cheese, grated

Preparation

Step 1

1. Cook pasta according to package directions.

2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

3. Meanwhile, in a large oven-safe bowl, combine some marinara sauce with the 3/4 portion of the diced mozzarella, all of the ricotta, and a goodly amount of the Parmesan cheeses.

4. Drain pasta. Add the pasta to the cheese and sauce mixture.

5. Top the pasta mixture with some more marinara sauce and the last 1/4 of the diced mozzarella cheese.

6. Cover and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover; bake about 5 minutes more, until the cheese at the top fully melts.