Ziti Alforno (Baked Ziti)
Category: Main Dishes | Blog URL: http://annuciasmenus.blogspot.com/2009/09/baked-pasta-ziti-al-forno.html
This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.
Ingredients
2 cups Mozzarella
10 Basil leaves *Italian housewife trick: Don't wash them off but rub with a dry towel, this keeps them nic
1/4 cup Bread Crumbs: plain
Preparation
1
Set oven to 500.
2
Boil the pasta until very al dente (slightly undercooked) and drain now add a little sauce to loosen it up a bit and keep it moist.
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4
Now place half of the pasta in and then some sauce, then plenty of mozzarella, and then some basil leaves.
5
Now repeat only with the pasta, sauce, grated cheese, and a dusting of the bread crumbs. Finish this off with drizzles of olive oil all over.
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Tools
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About
Nothing says celebration to a Southern Italian family more than baked pasta, and why not? It can feed a multitude and frees the cook up to enjoy her guests! Every celebration we had growing up: baby christening, first communion, confirmation, showers, holidays...had some kind of baked pasta dish. Make sure you use plenty of sauce or else it will be too dry.
Yield:
10.0
Added:
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 4:35am