Italian Easter Ziti & Eggs

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I am trying to find a recipe that my mother used to make for Easter.
It is Ziti with a mixture of tomato sauce, with beaten eggs added and
cooled to make a sort of "pie". Pretty simple, but just need to get
the right ingredients and amounts. Any help would be appreciated.

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here's one from the Ciao Italia website:

Bobby Spatucci’s Baked Ziti

Ziti al Forno allo Roberto Spatucci

This viewer recipe comes from Bobby Spatucci (Robert Hedglin) a circus
trained acrobat and talented actor who lives in New York City. He was
inspired by his Nona Spatucci’s ziti recipe and wanted to share his
version with you. Make this and you may find yourself swinging from a
trapeze with joy. Just be careful how you land.

1 lb of Cooked Ziti
1 1/2 lbs of Ricotta Cheese
2 eggs
1/2 cup of grated parmigiano cheese
1 tbsp Garlic powder
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 tbsp Basil 1 tbsp Oregano
Salt and pepper to taste (just a pinch because cheeses are already salty)
3 cups of Shredded Mozzarella Cheese (smoked adds a great flavor with
the egg
plant)
Enough of your favorite freshly made tomato sauce to cover and extra for
service. Jar sauce is fine, too. A quart maybe a little more.
Fresh slices of Roasted Eggplant (about 2 whole eggplant roasted).

Cook pasta as directed, drain and set aside to cool with a drizzle of
olive oil so it won't stick.

To prepare the cheese.

Take the Ricotta and all the other cheeses add the eggs and the spices
and a dash of Salt and Pepper.

Mix the pasta and the cheese mixture and set aside.

Put a large ladle of sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan just to cover.
Start layering the bottom of the pan with slices of roasted eggplant
until it's
covered. then ad a small amount of the pasta and cheese mixture and top
with some sauce, then continue on layering eggplant, pasta and sauce
till you've
filled up the pan then cover the top with sauce and the remaining
shredded Mozzarella.

Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes to an hour.

Other serving suggestions: try Chunky Garden Variety tomato sauce and/or
add roasted garlic to sauce. Goes great with sausage, too.

Is this like spaghetti pie? I do have a recipe for that. I suppose you
could just substitute ziti.

laurie

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Quoted message said:

I am trying to find a recipe that my mother used to make for Easter.
It is Ziti with a mixture of tomato sauce, with beaten eggs added and
cooled to make a sort of "pie". Pretty simple, but just need to get
the right ingredients and amounts. Any help would be appreciated.

[email hidden]

ravenlynne said:

Quoted message said:

I am trying to find a recipe that my mother used to make for Easter.
It is Ziti with a mixture of tomato sauce, with beaten eggs added and
cooled to make a sort of "pie". Pretty simple, but just need to get
the right ingredients and amounts. Any help would be appreciated.

Quoted message said:

[email hidden]

here's one from the Ciao Italia website:

Bobby Spatucci's Baked Ziti

Ziti al Forno allo Roberto Spatucci

This viewer recipe comes from Bobby Spatucci (Robert Hedglin) a circus
trained acrobat and talented actor who lives in New York City. He was
inspired by his Nona Spatucci's ziti recipe and wanted to share his
version with you. Make this and you may find yourself swinging from a
trapeze with joy. Just be careful how you land.

1 lb of Cooked Ziti
1 1/2 lbs of Ricotta Cheese
2 eggs
1/2 cup of grated parmigiano cheese
1 tbsp Garlic powder
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 tbsp Basil 1 tbsp Oregano
Salt and pepper to taste (just a pinch because cheeses are already salty)
3 cups of Shredded Mozzarella Cheese (smoked adds a great flavor with
the egg
plant)
Enough of your favorite freshly made tomato sauce to cover and extra for
service. Jar sauce is fine, too. A quart maybe a little more.
Fresh slices of Roasted Eggplant (about 2 whole eggplant roasted).

Cook pasta as directed, drain and set aside to cool with a drizzle of
olive oil so it won't stick.

To prepare the cheese.

Take the Ricotta and all the other cheeses add the eggs and the spices
and a dash of Salt and Pepper.

Mix the pasta and the cheese mixture and set aside.

Put a large ladle of sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan just to cover.
Start layering the bottom of the pan with slices of roasted eggplant
until it's
covered. then ad a small amount of the pasta and cheese mixture and top
with some sauce, then continue on layering eggplant, pasta and sauce
till you've
filled up the pan then cover the top with sauce and the remaining
shredded Mozzarella.

Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes to an hour.

Other serving suggestions: try Chunky Garden Variety tomato sauce and/or
add roasted garlic to sauce. Goes great with sausage, too.

Thanks, but the one I'm looking for is not baked. The beaten eggs
just go into the hot ziti and sauce in the pot and it cools down.
Then you flip the pot and it drops out in a sorta mold.