Ziti
Most people think of ziti as a type of pasta, but it is actually a traditional Italian dish that is made with a specific type of pasta. The word "ziti" comes from the Italian word for "bridegrooms," which is a reference to the long, thin noodles that are used in the dish.
Ziti recipes can be traced back to the 14th century, when they were first mentioned in an Italian cookbook. The dish was originally made with a type of pasta called zitoni, which is a long, thin noodle that is similar to spaghetti. Over the centuries, the dish has evolved and the pasta that is used has changed. Today, most ziti recipes call for a type of pasta called ziti rigati, which is a short, tubular pasta.
The traditional ziti recipe is a simple dish that is made with a tomato sauce and a cheese topping. However, there are many variations of the dish that include different types of meats, vegetables, and cheeses.
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Recipes
Baked Ziti
- salt
- mozzarella cheese
- ziti
- tomato
- tomato
- onion
- parmesan cheese
- heavy cream
- olive oil
- ricotta cheese
- tomato paste
- red pepper flake
- garlic
Baked Ziti
- salt
- ground beef
- italian sausage
- ziti
- onion
- mozzarella cheese
- parmesan cheese
- red pepper flake
- tomato sauce
- tub ricotta
- parsley
- olive oil
- italian seasoning
- egg
- tomato
- garlic
Baked Ziti
- salt
- salt
- olive oil
- basil
- thyme
- mozzarella cheese
- sweet
- ziti
- black pepper
- onion
- red pepper
- olive oil
- tomato
- garlic
- tomato sauce
- parmesan cheese
Baked Ziti With Sausage Meatballs and Spinach
- salt
- pecorino romano cheese
- italian sausage
- ziti
- oregano
- red pepper flake
- ricotta cheese
- onion
- olive oil
- san marzano tomato
- garlic
- mozzarella cheese
- spinach
- crème fraîche
Easy Baked Ziti With Three Cheeses
- ricotta cheese
- egg
- garlic powder
- parmesan cheese
- mozzarella cheese
- salt
- pasta sauce
Baked Ziti with Meatballs
- salt
- all purpose flour
- ground beef
- ziti
- parmesan cheese
- parsley
- olive oil
- bread crumb
- mozzarella cheese
- milk
- egg
- ricotta cheese
- romano
- tomato sauce
- butter
Cheesy Baked Ziti With Beef
- tomato
- tomato sauce
- ground beef
- butter
- bell pepper
- olive oil
- onion
- oregano
- garlic powder
- black pepper
- mozzarella cheese
- salt
- ziti pasta
Baked Ziti With Ground Beef and Italian Sausage
- tomato
- mozzarella cheese
- ricotta cheese
- egg
- onion
- ground beef
- leaf basil
- sweet
- leaf oregano
- parmesan cheese
- red pepper
- parsley
- garlic
- mozzarella cheese
- olive oil
- tomato paste
- ziti pasta
- black pepper
- salt
- nonstick spray
Classic Baked Ziti
- chicken broth
- parmesan cheese
- onion
- ground beef
- oregano
- ziti pasta
- meatless sauce
- mozzarella cheese
- garlic
BA's Best Baked Ziti
- salt
- pancetta
- mozzarella cheese
- ziti
- oz tomato
- onion
- red pepper flake
- basil
- olive oil
- all purpose flour
- tomato paste
- butter
- parmesan cheese
- milk
- garlic
Easy Baked Ziti
- italian sausage
- egg
- onion
- water
- tomato
- parmesan cheese
- ricotta cheese
- ziti
- mozzarella cheese
- parsley
- italian seasoning
- pasta sauce
Cool Ziti With Eggplant and Tomatoes
- olive oil
- salt
- basil
- ziti
- peperoncino
- ricotta salata
- tomato
- caper
- eggplant
- garlic
Baked Ziti
- onion
- butter
- rigatoni noodle
- oregano
- parsley
- pepper
- salt
- ground turkey
- pasta sauce
- blocks mozzarella cheese
Baked Ziti
- mozzarella cheese
- parmesan cheese
- ricotta cheese
- olive oil
- paprika
- basil
- salt
- onion
- water
- cayenne pepper ortsp chilli flake
- fennel seed
- onion powder
- garlic
- penne pasta
- ground beef
- tomato passata
- parsley
Baked Ziti with Ricotta
- mozzarella cheese
- onion
- parmesan cheese
- garlic
- black pepper
- italian seasoning
- salt
- ziti pasta
- nutmeg
- mozzarella cheese
- ground beef
- olive oil
- pasta sauce
- egg
- ricotta cheese
Baked Ziti
- parmesan cheese
- ziti pasta
- ricotta cheese
- mozzarella cheese
- pasta sauce
Baked Ziti with Sweet Turkey Sausage
- sweet turkey sausage
- ziti noodle
- garlic powder
- ricotta cheese
- parmesan cheese
- rosemary
- thyme
- tomato
- mozzarella cheese
Deliciously Cheesy Baked Ziti
- italian sausage
- ziti pasta
- ricotta cheese
- pasta sauce
- egg
- parmesan cheese
- mozzarella cheese
- parsley
Spaghetti Squash That Fancies Itself Baked Ziti
- sugar
- black pepper
- tomato
- basil
- spaghetti squash
- parmesan cheese
- olive oil
- red pepper flake
- salt
- garlic
- mozzarella cheese
Baked Lemon Ziti
- butter
- lemons zest
- olive oil
- basil
- ziti pasta
- olive oil
- salt
- butter
- all purpose flour
- pancetta
- parmesan cheese
- lemon juice
- black pepper
- mozzarella cheese
- thyme
- bread crumb
- milk
- salt
Easy Baked Ziti
- spinach
- ziti pasta
- lemon zest
- oregano
- smoked mozzarella cheese
- pecorino romano cheese
- red pepper flake
- ricotta cheese
- garlic
- salt
- pasta sauce
- parsley
- olive oil
- black pepper
The Best Baked Ziti (Postpartum Ziti)
- heavy cream
- mozzarella cheese
- cottage cheese
- italian sausage
- ziti
- cornstarch
- basil
- salt
- sugar
- tomato
- tomato sauce
- basil
- parmesan cheese
- black pepper
- oregano
- egg
- garlic
- basil
- olive oil
One Pan Baked Ziti
- mozzarella cheese
- basil
- olive oil
- parmesan cheese
- half
- italian sausage
- oregano
- ziti pasta
- red pepper flake
- tomato
- water
- garlic
- tomato sauce
- black pepper
Baked Ziti with Spinach and Veal
- nutmeg
- black pepper
- white wine
- veal
- ziti
- carrot
- italian fontina
- olive oil
- sage
- bundles farm spinach
- shallot
- milk
- rounded flour
- garlic
- parmesan cheese
- butter
- salt
Best Baked Ziti Ever
- parmesan cheese
- ground beef
- ziti pasta
- basil
- oregano
- onion
- salt
- black pepper
- tomato sauce
- olive oil
- tomato
- garlic
- tomato paste
- cream cheese
- ricotta cheese
- mushroom
Baked Ziti
- mozzarella cheese
- parmesan cheese
- ziti pasta
- canola oil
- italian seasoning
- onion
- red tomato
- basil
- parsley
- garlic
- salt
Baked Ziti With Two Mozzarellas and Parmesan Cream Sauce Recipe
- salt
- basil
- ziti pasta
- mozzarella cheese
- mozzarella cheese
- heavy cream
- parmesan cheese
- tomato sauce
Crock Pot Baked Ziti
- mozzarella cheese
- water
- parmesan cheese
- basil
- ricotta cheese
- sour cream
- tomato sauce
- ziti pasta
- garlic
- marinara pasta sauce
- cream cheese
- basil
Cheesy Baked Ziti With Big-Batch Sauce
- Sunday Sauce
- pepper
- salt
- italian seasoning
- beef
- pork spare rib
- onion
- garlic glove
- olive oil
- Baked Ziti
- sunday sauce
- mozzarella log
- ziti
- ricotta cheese
White Baked Ziti With All the Herbs
- parmesan cheese
- heavy cream
- ziti
- oregano
- butter
- red pepper flake
- black pepper
- mozzarella cheese
- ricotta cheese
- chive
- dill
- salt
- garlic
- green onion
- basil
Truffled Mushroom White Baked Ziti
- parmesan cheese
- heavy cream
- ziti
- mushroom
- egg
- fontina cheese
- gruyère cheese
- panko breadcrumb
- dijon mustard
- all purpose flour
- ricotta cheese
- milk
- garlic
- butter
- parsley
- nutmeg
- salt
- truffle oil
Baked Ziti
- onion
- italian sausage
- ziti pasta
- italian seasoning
- salt
- heavy cream
- tomato sauce
- parmesan cheese
- chili flake
- mozzarella cheese
- basil
- pasta sauce
- garlic
- mozzarella cheese
Baked Ziti With Meat
- parmesan cheese
- ground beef
- salt
- ricotta cheese
- egg
- onion
- heavy cream
- water
- italian sausage
- pepper
- ziti
- nutmeg
- mozzarella cheese
- italian seasoning
- garlic
- pasta sauce
Baked Ziti With Sausage
- heavy cream
- parmesan cheese
- garlic
- salt
- tomato sauce
- tomato
- tomato paste
- onion
- italian sausage
- water
- black pepper
- carrot
- ziti
- parsley
- bay leaf
- mozzarella cheese
- italian seasoning
- olive oil
Chorizo and Pumpkin Baked Ziti
- chicken stock
- ziti
- chorizo
- salt
- pumpkin
- ricotta cheese
- egg
- onion
- parmesan cheese
- heavy cream
- sage
- fontina cheese
- garlic
- cinnamon
Easy Skillet Baked Ziti With Sausage and Ricotta Recipe
- salt
- heavy cream
- chicken stock
- ziti
- mozzarella cheese
- italian sausage
- oregano
- red pepper flake
- tomato
- onion
- ricotta cheese
- parsley
- olive oil
- butter
- parmesan cheese
- garlic
Ziti with Honey Mustard Salmon
- salmon
- oil
- honey
- dijon mustard
- salt
- onion
- black pepper
- white wine
- parsley
- heavy cream
- ziti
Ziti with Pork and Escarole in Creamy Thyme Sauce
- pork tenderloin
- scallions including green top
- chicken broth
- heavy cream
- escarole
- ziti
- thyme
- black pepper
- dijon mustard
- oil
- salt
Baked Ziti
- ziti
- ground beef
- basil
- parmesan cheese
- black pepper
- parsley
- bread crumb
- vegetable oil
- mozzarella cheese
- milk
- egg
- ricotta cheese
- romano cheese
- salt
- pasta sauce
- butter
- all purpose flour
Ziti with Portobello Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions, and Goat Cheese
- portobello mushroom
- salt
- sugar
- black pepper
- butter
- goat cheese
- parsley
- parmesan cheese
- onion
- ziti
- olive oil
Speedy Baked Ziti
- sirloin
- ziti
- olive oil
- onion
- ricotta cheese
- mozzarella cheese
- smoked paprika
- parmesan cheese
- red pepper
- pasta sauce
- garlic
- salt
Ziti with Roasted Vegetables
- balsamic vinegar
- eggplant
- onion
- salt
- black pepper
- basil
- zucchini
- plum tomato
- ziti
- olive oil
Ziti with Spicy Pesto Pantesco
- salt
- ziti
- caper
- garlic
- red pepper
- olive oil
- parsley
- pecorino romano cheese
- black pepper
- basil
- mint
- plum tomato
Cheesy Baked Ziti
- sausage
- garlic
- onion
- bell pepper
- prego sauce
- noodle
- mozzarella cheese
- pepperoni
Easy Baked Ziti
- parmesan cheese
- italian sausage
- ziti pasta
- onion
- italian seasoning
- mozzarella cheese
- garlic
- thyme
- tomato sauce
- bay leaf
- bacon
- olive oil
- salt
The Food Lab's No-Boil Baked Ziti Recipe
- salt
- heavy cream
- mozzarella cheese
- ziti
- milk
- egg
- parmesan cheese
- basil
- parsley
- red sauce
Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage
- basil
- garlic
- pasta sauce
- garlic bread
- johnsonville italian sweet sausage link
- parmesan cheese
- olive oil
- pepper
- tomato
- mozzarella cheese
- water
- penne pasta
- basil
Baked Ziti
- salt
- wedge ricotta cheese
- locatelli romano cheese
- ricotta cheese
- ziti
- pepper
- ball mozzarella
- onion
- bell pepper
- tomato
- olive
- garlic
- egg
- basil
- parsley
- tomato
Cheesy Fennel and Sopressata Baked Ziti with Pecorino
- salt
- ricotta cheese
- pecorino romano cheese
- ziti
- fennel
- sopressata
- plum tomato
- red pepper flake
- mozzarella cheese
- olive oil
- garlic
- basil
The BEST Baked Ziti Recipe
- meatball
- zucchini
- cauliflower
- ziti noodle
- cottage cheese
- mozzarella cheese
- olive oil
- prego® meat pasta sauce
Chicken Alfredo Baked Ziti
- chicken
- milk
- olive oil
- batch alfredo sauce
- mozzarella cheese
- salt
- ziti
- black pepper
- chicken
- all purpose flour
- parmesan cheese
- garlic
- parmesan cheese
Ziti with Pork Gravy & Fresh Ricotta
- pepper
- salt
- ziti
- basil
- oregano
- onion
- basil
- parsley
- tomato
- tomato
- meaty pork neck bone
- olive oil
- garlic
- ricotta cheese
Ziti with Roquefort Sauce
- heavy cream
- chicken broth
- white wine
- parmesan cheese
- black pepper
- butter
- parsley
- ziti
- salt
- roquefort cheese
Lentil Baked Ziti
- cottage cheese
- olive oil
- onion
- brown lentil
- penne pasta
- salt
- red pepper flake
- garlic
- newman own organics marinara
- water
- mozzarella cheese
- black pepper
- basil
- salt
Gluten Free Baked Ziti
- ground beef
- parmesan cheese
- onion
- ziti
- ricotta cheese
- pasta sauce
- mozzarella cheese
- parsley
- salt
Slow-Cooker Baked Ziti
- parmesan cheese
- basil
- ricotta cheese
- pasta sauce
- egg
- red pepper flake
- basil
- water
- mozzarella cheese
- ziti
Ziti with Sausage and Fennel (Ziti chi Sosizza e Finucchieddi)
- red pepper
- black pepper
- salt
- beef stock
- ziti tagliate
- heavy cream
- pernod
- italian sausage
- fennel
- garlic
Five Cheese Ziti Al Forno
- fontina cheese
- ricotta cheese
- garlic
- garlic powder
- italian bread crumb
- ziti pasta
- mozzarella cheese
- mozzarella cheese
- italian seasoning
- alfredo sauce
- pasta sauce
- italian parsley
- olive oil
- parmesan cheese
- romano cheese
Baked Ziti with Roasted Vegetables
- cauliflower
- onion
- bell pepper
- basil
- salt
- cottage cheese
- olive oil
- pasta sauce
- mozzarella cheese
- penne pasta
5-Ingredient Italian Sausage and Kale Baked Ziti
- italian sausage
- ziti
- mozzarella cheese
- kale
- garlic
- parmesan cheese
Ziti with Sausage, Mushrooms, and Cognac
- red pepper
- black pepper
- salt
- beef stock
- mushroom
- ziti tagliate
- cognac
- heavy cream
- italian sausage
- garlic
Pizza Baked Ziti
- pizza
- italian sausage
- olive oil
- parmesan cheese
- pasta
- pasta sauce
- mozzarella cheese
- veggy
- basil
BelGioioso Five-Cheese Ziti al Forno
- alfredo sauce
- ziti
- belgioiosoandreg ricotta con latte® cheese
- belgioiosoandreg parmesan cheese
- belgioiosoandreg romano cheese
- panko bread crumb
- belgioiosoandreg sharp provolone cheese
- belgioiosoandreg mozzarella cheese
- olive oil
- pasta sauce
- garlic
- basil
Chicken Parmesan Baked Ziti
- chicken
- pasta sauce
- basil
- ziti
- mozzarella cheese
- parmesan cheese
- parmesan cheese
Baked Ziti with Mushrooms and Meatballs
- parmesan cheese
- ground beef
- mushroom
- ziti pasta
- red pepper flake
- salt
- onion
- bread crumb
- milk
- olive oil
- worcestershire sauce
- basil
- oregano
- pasta sauce
- cream cheese
- ricotta cheese
Ingredient Breakdown
Insights
Correlated with Lower Ratings
- parsley
- water
Staple Ingredients
- salt 35%
- mozzarella cheese 34%
- parmesan cheese 34%
- garlic 27%
- olive oil 26%
- ziti 25%
Common Ingredients
- onion 24%
- basil 20%
- ricotta cheese 20%
- black pepper 18%
Usual Ingredients
- parsley 15%
- pasta sauce 13%
- ziti pasta 13%
- egg 12%
- tomato 12%
- heavy cream 11%
- italian sausage 11%
- tomato sauce 10%
- butter 9%
- red pepper flake 9%
- ground beef 9%
- oregano 9%
- italian seasoning 8%
- milk 7%
- water 7% See More
Rarey Ingredients
- all purpose flour 5%
- thyme 4%
- tomato paste 4%