
So we made a blueberry peach cobbler in a Dutch Oven pot in the oven & an apple spice cobbler in a crock pot. There was plenty for everyone, & they all loved it! For dessert we wanted to make Dutch oven cobblers but were restricted by the area’s fire restrictions from even using coals due to drought conditions. We served it with a green salad, some fruit jello salad (leftover from the night before), & also used our leftover hamburger & hotdogs buns from the night before for garlic bread. I also added our leftover sausage from that morning’s breakfast burritos to one of the dishes. I cooked 3 casseroles in 1 oven, increasing the cook time about 20 minutes & rotating the dishes in the oven after removing the tin foil. I then made it for about 30+ people at a Girl’s Camp. Our group of 8 adults & 3 grandchildren ate it up completely. Even my grandchild who won’t eat anything with “red sauce” & my son who doesn’t really enjoy dishes with marinara sauce loved it. Hi Si, I first tried this Ziti recipe with my family. If you 6x the recipe, use 2 #10 cans of tomato sauce and one #10 can of diced tomatoes. Ingredients Deselect All 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 large onion, diced 1 pound ground beef 1 pound Italian sausage Two 14.5-ounce cans tomato sauce or marinara sauce One. So instead of: 2-15 oz cans and 1-8 oz can of tomato sauce for every three times this recipe, I used 1 #10 can of tomato sauce (approx 96 oz), and one additional 15 oz can of tomato sauce. If you are making this recipe in large quantity, I found that the #10 cans found at Costco and other restaurant suppliers will cover 3x this recipe for the tomato sauce.It was as good as if it were prepared on the same day. The dish was prepared Saturday morning, and was baked Monday late afternoon. We prepared the Ziti and covered each pan with foil until baking.We made 17x this recipe for Girls Camp and divided it into 8 large (20 3/4 x 12 3/4x 3 inches deep-disposable foil steam table pans) The pans served about 35-40 each.It melts into the pasta without leaving water in the bottom of the dish. A firm mozzarella, that can easily be cut into cubes works best. It has way too much moisture for this dish. When I first started making this dish years ago, I thought fresh mozzarella was always the best choice when following a recipe that called for mozzarella.We used three plants to make 17 times this recipe, it was more than enough fresh basil. If you don’t have a basil plant, or enough basil to make this dish, I suggest a trip to Trader Joes, where you can buy (the biggest basil plant you have ever seen in your life) for under $5.Allow more time if multiple pans are being baked in the same oven (about 15 minutes per pan, while covered).

After 1 1/2 hours, turn oven to 375, remove foil, and bake an additional 15 minutes. They are shaped into long, wide tubes, about 25 cm long, that need to be broken by hand into smaller pieces before cooking. When ready to bake, place in oven at 325 for 1 1/2 hours on middle rack. Ziti are an extruded pasta, originating in Campania. About two hours before baking, remove from freezer and set on counter. This dish may also be frozen after ingredients are poured into the pan.
