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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oven to 350°F. | 2. Cook pasta. | 3. In large skillet brown meat (if using) and drain. Add marinara and simmer for 10 minutes. | 4. In a small bowl stir together ricotta, 1 cup mozzarella and seasonings. | 5. Toss the cooked pasta with the sauce and add half of it to a 9x13 baking dish. Then spread the cheese mixture over the pasta. | 6. Add the remaining pasta and top with mozzarella and parmesan. | 7. Cover loosely with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 5 minutes until hot and bubbly and cheese is golden brown. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
ziti pasta	0.5	box		-	-	-	-
beef	3/4	lb	ground	673.5855	0.0	66.0658	43.3068
marinara sauce	3	cups		-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	1 3/4	3/4		755.16	13.1936	48.8684	56.3332
mozzarella cheese	2	cups	shredded	-	-	-	-
basil	1	teaspoon	dried	0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
parmesan cheese			grated	-	-	-	-

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