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Baked Ziti
A straightforward baked ziti with a savory tomato sauce, creamy ricotta layer, and a browned mozzarella top — assembled in one dish and baked until bubbling.
- Total time
- 75 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Servings
- Serves 10

Big-batch baked ziti built to scale — hearty, sauce-forward bakes that hold well on a buffet and reheat cleanly for a hungry group.
Cooking for a crowd is its own skill: you want dishes that scale predictably, hold their heat, and portion cleanly. These sauce-forward, sturdy bakes are the ones to reach for — then use the crowd-size calculator and pan converter to turn any headcount into exact amounts and pan counts.

Oven-bakedMeatless
A straightforward baked ziti with a savory tomato sauce, creamy ricotta layer, and a browned mozzarella top — assembled in one dish and baked until bubbling.

Oven-bakedSausage
The same reliable baked ziti, upgraded with browned Italian sausage folded into a rich tomato sauce for a hearty, protein-forward casserole.

Oven-bakedSausage
A hearty baked ziti inspired by Cajun flavors — smoky andouille-style sausage, the bell pepper, onion, and celery trinity, and a spiced tomato sauce.