Grammy's Kitchen · Baked Ziti · Baked Ziti
One of 29 baked ziti recipes we measured
from preppykitchen.com
It ranks #5 of 29 for cheese intensity among the baked ziti recipes we compared. 27 cooks on preppykitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 29.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| cheese | 140% | 85% |
| fat | 6% | 0% |
| aromatics | 37% | 12% |
| different cheeses | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| melt idx | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| stretch idx | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 150 g | 1 onion (diced) |
| 454 g | 1 pound ground Italian sausage |
| 18 g | 6 garlic cloves (minced) |
| 907 g | 1 32-ounce jar marinara sauce |
| 794 g | 1 28-ounce can whole tomatoes |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning |
| 1 g | 1/4 to 3/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes |
| 454 g | 1 pound dry ziti pasta |
| salt | |
| ground black pepper | |
| 113 g | 1 cup ricotta cheese |
| 454 g | 4 cups shredded mozzarella (about 16 ounces, divided) |
| 67 g | 2/3 cup grated parmesan (divided) |
Method: 9 steps, published by preppykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I love this recipe! This is my second time making it. I used smoked chicken since that's what we needed to use up and it still turned out great!” — a cook, 5.0★