Baked with 4 types of gooey cheese, and baked to creamy perfection, this baked ziti recipe is a popular family favorite. Bake in ramekins for a fancy spin on holidays such as Shavuot.
4 Cheese Baked Ziti
Servings
6 Servings
Ingredients
- 5 cups penne pasta
- 5 quarts water
- 5 tablespoons salt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves chopped
- 2 cans crushed tomatoes
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- ¾ cup Tnuva Quark Creamy Soft Cheese 95% Fat Free
- 5 ½ ounces Tnuva Shredded Mozzarella
- 5 ½ ounces Tnuva Edam Cheese shredded
- 5 ½ ounces Tnuva Parmesan grated
- 1 tablespoon Tnuva Butter
- 2 egg whites
- ⅓ cup + 1 tablespoon heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Bring the water to a boil with salt. Prepare the pasta according to the directions on the package. The pasta should be “al dente” after about 10 minutes.
- In a large frying pan, heat up the olive oil and add garlic. Fry until golden. Add the crushed tomatoes and mix well.
- Gently add all of the Quark cheese and about half of each of the other cheeses to the sauce and mix well.
- Grease a baking dish with butter and pour the pasta into the dish. Then add the sauce onto the pasta.
- Beat the remainder of the cheeses with the heavy cream and the egg whites. Spread this mixture over the pasta.
- Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil. Bake for about 20 minutes. Remove the foil and bake uncovered for about 5 minutes on high heat. Serve immediately.
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