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Pasta olive oil onion garlic Ricotta cheese Parmesan cheese tomatoes salt bay leaf fresh black pepper Mozzarella cheese pesto sauce
Viewed: 73 - Published at: 9 years agoIngredients
- 1/2 lb ziti pasta
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 6 minced garlic cloves
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 2 cups crushed tomatoes (for this recipe i use cento tomatoes)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh black pepper
- 1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup store bought pesto sauce
Method
- preheat oven to 350.
- oil an 8x8 baking dish.
- cook pasta in salted water for 7 min, drain, and tinse.
- heat 1 1/2 tbsp of the oil in a pan over med- low heat.
- cook onion until it becomes translucent.
- add garlic and cook it for 30 sec.
- add tomato, salt, and bay leaf.
- raise heat to medium.
- simmer mixture for 10 min or until it gets very thick.
- remove the bay leaf and stir in 1/4 tsp pepper.
- in a bowl, combine the pesto, half the parmesan, the ricotta, 1 cup of the mozzarella, and the remaining black pepper.
- put 1/2 of the pasta in the baking dish.
- top with 1/3 of the sauce.
- spread entire cheese mixture evenly over the sauce.
- cover with the remaining pasta, sauce, and cheese.
- drizzle 1/2 tbsp olive oil over the top layer of cheese.
- bake until bubbling (about 30 min).
- let stand at least 10 minutes before cutting.
