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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- 1 whole eggplant
- 1 tsp sea salt, divided
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tsp black pepper, divided
- 1/8 cup olive oil
- 28 oz crushed tomatoes
- 15 oz fire roasted crushed tomatoes (paid link)
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp ground thyme
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 cup yellow onion, chopped
- 24 oz apple chicken sausage, sliced
- 16 oz ziti pasta
- 16 oz shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Cut the eggplant into medium-sized cubes. Place the eggplant onto a baking dish and sprinkle with 1/2 tsp sea salt, ground cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp black pepper. Toss with olive oil. Bake for 25 minutes at 400 degrees.
- Add crushed tomatoes and fire-roasted crushed tomatoes to a cooking pot on low heat. Add grated parmesan cheese, minced garlic, oregano, ground thyme, 1 tsp black pepper, garlic powder, and 1/2 tsp sea salt into the pot. Stir and cook for 10 minutes.
- Sauté chopped onion and sliced sausage 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 the prepared tomato sauce, roasted eggplant, sausage & onions, and 8 oz. mozzarella cheese. Fold until well blended.
- Pour half of the pasta mixture into a baking dish, sprinkle 1/2 cup parmesan cheese over this layer, then layer with the remaining pasta mixture.
- Top pasta with remaining 8 oz. mozzarella cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
- 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