Description
Baked Ziti with Roasted Eggplant & Apple Chicken Sausage combines penne pasta with tomato sauce, apple chicken sausage, and roasted eggplant.
Ingredients
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- 16 oz. Barilla Penne Pasta
- 24 oz. Apple Chicken Sausage
- 16 oz. Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
- 1/2 cup Yellow Onion, chopped
- 1 tsp. Oregano
- 1 tsp. Black Pepper
- 1/2 tsp. Ground Thyme
- 1/2 tsp. Tarragon
- 1/2 tsp. Himalayan Salt
For the Eggplant:
- 1 Whole Eggplant
- 1/2 tsp. Himalayan Salt
- 1/2 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. Black Pepper
- 1/8 cup Olive Oil
For the Tomato Sauce:
- 28 oz. Crushed Tomatoes
- 15 oz. Fire Roasted Crushed Tomatoes (paid link)
- 1/3 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
- 1 tbsp. Minced Garlic
- 1 tsp. Black Pepper
- 1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tsp. Himalayan Salt
Instructions
- Cut eggplant into medium-sized cubes. Place the eggplant onto a baking dish and sprinkle with eggplant seasonings then toss with olive oil. Bake them for 25 minutes at 400 degrees.
- Add crushed tomatoes and fire-roasted crushed tomatoes (paid link) to a cooking pot on low heat. Add all sauce ingredients into the pot. Stir and cook for 10 minutes.
- Cut your onion into small pieces. Slice the apple chicken sausage. Saute them both together on medium heat until the onions are translucent and the sausage is slightly browned.
- Cook your pasta as instructed then drain.
- Add cooked pasta to a large bowl and add tomato sauce, roasted eggplant, chicken sausage & onions, and 1/2 (8 oz.) of Mozzarella cheese. Fold until well blended.
- Pour half of the pasta mixture into a baking dish, sprinkle add 1/2 cup parmesan cheese over this layer, then layer with the remaining pasta mixture.
- Top pasta with remaining mozzarella cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
Equipment
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Category: Pasta
- Method: Oven Baked
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Calories: 658
- Sugar: 9.2g
- Sodium: 1752mg
- Fat: 27.7g
- Carbohydrates: 57.2g
- Fiber: 6.1g
- Protein: 45g
- Cholesterol: 153mg
Keywords: Baked Ziti With Eggplant and Chicken Sausage, Baked Ziti, baked pasta