Baked Pasta With Tomato Sauce And Cheese

Recipe Ingredients

1		Onion - chopped
2		Garlic cloves - minced
1/4 cup	59ml	Olive oil
2 cups	474ml	Well-drained canned "Italian style"
		Tomatoes - coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fresh oregano or 2 tsp dried oregano
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fresh basil or 2 tsp dried basil
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Pepper
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Sugar
16 oz	454g	Ziti, penne, or other tubular macaroni
3 tablespoons	45ml	Butter - softened
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Freshly grated imported parmesan cheese
1 1/2 cups	219g / 7.7oz	Ricotta cheese
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Freshly grated imported romano cheese

Recipe Instructions

Saute the onion and garlic in the olive oil for about 5 minutes, or until the onion is softened. Add tomatoes and spices. Simmer sauce for 25-30 minutes. Boil and drain the ziti or other noodles. Put the pasta back in the empty cooking pot and add the butter, then the Parmesan cheese. Toss well in mix. Layer the ingredients in a large, greased casserole as follows: ziti, noodles, ricotta cheese, tomato sauce, Romano cheese, and repeat in the same order until you've used them all up. Bake at 375F for 25-30 minutes.

Source:
Homemade Good News (Vol 2 No 12)

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