Italian Sausage Baked Ziti

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb ziti pasta, cooked al dente and drained (8 minutes)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 lb Italian sausage (removed from casing)

• 1 (3 lb) jar spaghetti sauce
• 4 slices provolone cheese
• 8 ounces ricotta cheese
• 6 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated

Directions

1. 1

   Brown the meat and the onion and drain fat.

2. 2

   Return the meat and onion back to the pan and add the spaghetti sauce and simmer for 15 minutes.

3. 3

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

4. 4

   Layer ingredients in a square baking dish.

5. 5

   1 cup of the sauce mixture on the bottom, then half of the pasta, provolone cheese slices, ricotta cheese spread over the provolone cheese.

6. 6

   Then add half of the remaining sauce mixture, the remaining pasta, mozzarella cheese, the remaining sauce, and then top with parmesan cheese.

7. 7

   Bake for 30 minutes and you may want to bake it on a cookie sheet to prevent splatters in your oven.