Ingredients
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 2 pounds ground turkey
- 2 medium jars spaghetti sauce with roasted garlic
- Pinch dried oregano
- Pinch dried parsley
- Pinch salt, plus additional salt for pasta water
- Pinch pepper
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 (1-pound) box rigatoni noodles
- 2 (1-pound) blocks mozzarella cheese (not the soft kind)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large skillet, melt half of the butter over medium heat. Add turkey and cook until browned. Add tomato sauce, oregano, parsley, salt, pepper, and onion and simmer until onion is tender.
Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling, salted water until a little less than al dente. Drain and cool. Cut 1 of the blocks of cheese into cubes and slice the other into thin slices. Melt the remaining butter and pour into the bottom of a deep 9 by 13-inch baking dish. Pour 1 1/2 ladles full of the sauce into the dish, or enough to completely cover the bottom. Add a layer of pasta and then a layer of cubed cheese. Repeat layering until all ingredients are used.
Fill 1 of the empty sauce jars 1/8 full with water and shake. Pour over pasta. Top with the thin slices of cheese, and sprinkle with additional oregano and parsley, if desired. Cover casserole with foil and place in oven. Check every 15 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly. Remove foil for last 5 minutes of cooking to brown cheese.
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By honeebaby
Atlanta, Ga
on November 04, 2011
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Very simple main dish but definitely a crowd pleaser. I followed the recipie as is and everybody loved it. The only tweak that I made was that I used one block of mozzarella cheese cubed in the dish then put 8 0z of shredded mozzarella cheese on top. It makes a lot of food but I will absolutely be making this dish again.
By cookforaday
on March 22, 2011
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this recipe is great. it was my first time making ziti and it turned out great. where it says you thin slice the cheese and put on top, i used about 1/2 what the recipe calls for. i definitely recommend this recipe. it's easy to make too.
By herrings
on March 17, 2011
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This recipe was delicious and easy to make. My family LOVED it the only change I made to the recipe is that I used shredded mozzarella instead of block cheese.
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