Baked Ziti Recipes and Beyond

By Food & Wine
Updated June 19, 2017
Try this classic Italian noodle in a variety of ways—from the familiar baked ziti recipes to the more inventive casserole dishes. We promise these recipes will be flavorful and filling!
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Speedy Baked Ziti

Credit: Pernille Pedersen
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Doctoring good-quality jarred tomato sauce, like Rao's, with ground meat, onion, garlic and spices makes this ziti superfast.

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Ziti with Portobello Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions, and Goat Cheese

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Meaty mushrooms are enhanced by sweet caramelized onions and just enough tangy melted goat cheese in this delicious year-round pasta.

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Ziti with Roquefort Sauce

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You'll want nothing more with this full-flavored pasta than a green salad or, in season, plain sliced tomatoes.

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Chicken and Whole Wheat Ziti Casserole

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Everyone loves a great baked ziti dish. This one adds chicken and cheese for a tasty, hearty meal.

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Baked Ziti with Pesto

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Because it's baked, this pasta takes a bit longer from kitchen to table than other dishes in this book. You'll find the preparation time, though, is just as short as that of any other recipe here.

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Ziti with Pork Gravy & Fresh Ricotta

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Jimmy Bannos Jr.'s Italian grandmother served meatballs and sausage along with the pork neck bones in her Sunday-supper gravy. For his version, Bannos picks all the meat off the bones, then stirs it back into the gravy.

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Greek Ziti

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You'll find an interesting technique here that guarantees juicy chicken: The boneless meat is steamed to moist perfection in hot chicken broth--off the heat.

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Ziti, Eggplant, and Fontina Gratin

Eggplant is sauteed in olive oil until it's creamy soft and then tossed with pasta and cheese. A quick stint under the broiler melts the fontina and browns the top.

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Ziti with Roasted Vegetables

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Roasting vegetables at a high temperature caramelizes them, making them intensely flavorful. You may think of roasting as a long process, but we cut each of the vegetables into small cubes or thin slices so they need only thirty minutes in the oven.

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