Grammy's Kitchen · Baked Ziti · Easy Baked Ziti
One of 29 baked ziti recipes we measured
from www.acouplecooks.com
It ranks #4 of 29 for cheese intensity among the baked ziti recipes we compared. 6 cooks on www.acouplecooks.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 | 154% | 85% |
| fat | 6% | 0% |
| aromatics | 3% | 12% |
| different cheeses | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| melt idx | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| stretch idx | 0.5 | 0.7 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 pound ziti pasta (or penne or rigatoni)* |
| 12 g | 4 garlic cloves |
| 4 g | 2 teaspoons fennel seeds |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 680 g | 24-ounce jar marinara sauce |
| 794 g | 28-ounce can crushed fire roasted tomatoes |
| 454 g | 1 pound ricotta cheese |
| 75 g | 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese |
| 170 g | 6 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese |
| Zest of 1/2 lemon | |
| Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper | |
| Basil leaves, for garnish (optional) |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.acouplecooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This recipe for Baked Ziti was surpisingly awesome! I thought it looked pretty simple, but the lemon zest and fennel seeds really made it different, and delicious!!! Thank you so much for this recipe!!!” — a cook, 5.0★
“I did your baked Ziti; it was AMAZING!! I am not a vegan or vegetarian but it was fascinating to bake a dish that didn't include any meat... just because!” — a cook, 5.0★