Recipe: Perfect Spicy Ziti w/ Ricotta

Spicy Ziti w/ Ricotta. Scoop half the ziti and sauce into the baking dish. Then spoon the ricotta mixture over the ziti. Spread the ricotta to cover the ziti.

Season with salt and pepper to taste. Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the ziti, and return to a boil. You can have Spicy Ziti w/ Ricotta using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Spicy Ziti w/ Ricotta

1. You need 1 lb of ziti noodles.
2. You need 4 C of tomato-meat sauce (see my recipes if needed).
3. Prepare 1 T of crushed pepper flakes.
4. Prepare 8 oz of ricotta cheese.

Drain well in a colander set in the sink. Top with all of the ricotta and half of the sauce. The thing that ricotta adds to a baked ziti is creaminess, but unless it's a great ricotta, that creaminess comes at too high of a texture cost. But Parmesan cream sauce adds an insane amount of creaminess that's perfectly smooth.

Spicy Ziti w/ Ricotta instructions

1. Boil noodles until al dente. Drain. Run under cool water to stop the cooking process. Drizzle with olive oil or butter to prevent oxidation..
2. Bring meat sauce to a simmer. Add crushed pepper flakes. Cook 5 minutes..
3. In a large mixing bowl, combine noodles and meat sauce. Mix together..
4. Add ricotta cheese. Mix together..
5. Alternatively, transfer to a casserole dish after adding ricotta cheese, sprinkle mozzarella or parmesean atop, and bake at 400° for approximately 5-10 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly..
6. Variations; Grilled vegetables, diced tomatoes, roasted or raw bell peppers, roasted or creamed garlic, shallots, habanero, bacon, pancetta, prosciutto, salami, capicola, pepperjack cheese, mushrooms, mozzarella, grilled sausage, goat cheese, eggplant, leeks, ramps, lemon, marjoram, parsley, paprika, chives, scallions, rosemary, thyme, basil, spinach, arugula, asiago, fontina, gruyere, parmigiano reggiano, pecorino, romano, heavy cream, Italian seasoning, celery seed, fennel seed, peppercorn melange, zucchini, yellow squash, capers,.

If bad ricotta is the hair-shirt of baked ziti, my Parmesan cream is satin negligee. Add the spaghetti sauce to the browned beef and pour over the ziti before baking. Stir together just a couple of times (do not mix completely). Drain the pasta and rinse under cool water to stop the cooking and cool it down. Add a pinch of salt too.