Our gluten-free baked ziti with sausage is a delicious kid-friendly dinner. It's packed with flavor from a combo of pork sausage and beef, tomatoes, ricotta, and lots of mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: baked ziti with sausage, gluten free ziti
16ouncesgluten-free pasta such as ziti, cooked per box instructionswe used penne
Instructions
Preheat the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
⭐️Saute the onion and brown the meat. In a large skillet, add the oil and onions, saute for 2-3 minutes. Add the ground pork and ground beef. Cook until browned. Drain if desired.
Add the rest of the meat mixture ingredients. To the cooked meat, add the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, salt, oregano, garlic powder, thyme, and crushed red pepper. Stir well.
Blend the cheese mixture together. In a large bowl, combine the ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup parmesan cheese and the egg. Stir well.
⭐️After cooking the pasta, drain and rinse. Rinse the cooked pasta with cool water to cool it down. Drain. Gently stir in the cheese mixture.
Add half of the meat mixture. To the pasta and cheese mixture, gently stir in half of the meat mixture. Add the pasta mixture into the 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Add the rest of the meat mixture on top of the pasta mixture.
Add the remaining cheese. Add the rest of the mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese on top.
⭐️Bake. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and starting to bubble. Serve hot!
Notes
CCK Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you're new to eating gluten-free we understand it's overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don't. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn't require a helper.