We were having company for dinner, so Ella & I got down and dirty with this cookbook.
My favorite recipe from the book is the Three-Cheese Pasta Bake. Here’s what you do:
Ingredients
1 16 oz. package of ziti {or any small pasta}
two 10 oz. containers refrigerated Alfredo sauce
8 oz. container sour cream
15 oz. container ricotta cheese
2 large eggs, beaten
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
a really great helper {seen below}
Directions
Preheat oven to 350*
Cook pasta according to package & drain
Stir together ricotta, parmesan, parsley & eggs
Stir together sauce & sour cream
Add pasta to sauce, stirring until blended
Spoon half the pasta in baking dish
Spread ricotta mix over pasta
Spoon remaining pasta evenly over ricotta
Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese
Bake for 30 minutes or until bubbly
Because I’m weird, I make fresh Alfredo sauce by melting a stick of unsalted butter in 2 cups of heavy cream over medium heat. Add 2 cups grated parmesan cheese, a pinch of nutmeg, salt and pepper. YUMMY!!
