5-Cheese Ziti al Forno

There is an Italian restaurant that we all probably know, and most of us have probably been to.  One of my favorite dishes from said restaurant is the five-cheese ziti al forno.  The only problem is that this place can be kind of expensive.  So...why not make it at home?

Step 1 Ingredients

The ingredients are split up as follows:

Sauce:
4 cups tomato sauce (one large can)
2 cups alfredo sauce (one 16.5 oz jar)
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
3 tablespoons fontina cheese, shredded
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Topping:
3 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs
3 tablespoons romano cheese, grated
3 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
1 tablespoon garlic, chopped (or minced)
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf Italian parsley, chopped (or 1 1/2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes)

Remaining Ingredients:
1 pound dry ziti pasta
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded



NOTE: If you cannot find all the cheeses listed, feel free to use your five favorite cheeses, or leave some out if you like.  Make it your own, there's room to play with this recipe.

Comments

[CandiiKorn]

This looks great ;)

[draconian23]

Please elaborate on what you did to the sauce here. All you tell us is "combine ingredients and refrigerate" Does that mean we mix all of it together and put it in the fridge, expecting it to come out like your second picture? or did you mix and heat the sauce, to get it to that consistency in the second picture?

[TheGeek1984]

The instructions are exact. All I did was combine everything in a bowl, mix, and set aside. The mixing causes it to come out as shown in the second picture, and the tomato and alfredo sauce give it that consistancy. There is no heating until you're ready to bake. Hope that clears everything up! :)

[scoochmaroo]

My stomach literally just growled when I saw this. Yum!