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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the sauce: | 2. Heat a medium sauce pan over medium heat. Add olive oil and garlic. Brown garlic about 2 minutes then discard the garlic but reserve the oil. To the garlic flavored oil, add the crushed tomatoes, whole onion, butter, 1 teaspoons sea salt, and crushed red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer partially covered for 20 minutes. Remove onion and discard when done. | 3. In a large bowl, combine ricotta cheese, egg, spinach, 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, 1 teaspoons salt and fresh ground black pepper. Mix well to combine. Add ziti, toss to combine. | 4. Spray the crock pot with cooking spray. Add about 1/2 cup of sauce, then add 1/4 of the pasta mixture. Repeat 3 more layers (4 layers in total) ending with sauce. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of parmesan cheese over the top. | 5. Cover and cook on low for 4 to 5 hours depending on your slow cooker. | 6. If you have any sauce left over. Save it in case you want to add more to the finished dish. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
tomato	1	can	crushed used	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
onion	1			44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
garlic clove	4		smashed	-	-	-	-
sea salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
red pepper flake	1/4	teaspoon	crushed	-	-	-	-
butter	1/4	cup	unsalted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
spinach	2	boxes	thawed squeezed frozen	-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	1	jar		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
parmesan cheese	1/4	cup	grated	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
cooking spray				-	-	-	-
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
ziti pasta	1	box	rinsed	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.