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45 Comments

  1. Joe: OMG…It’s a good darn mess! And hands down looks like the most delicious baked pasta dish I have ever eaten…thank you!

  2. Joe, you have me drooling each time you make one of your delicious recipes. Blessings to you and your family.

  3. Omg, I think I gained 10 pounds watching this lol ; ) Love when the cheese is stringy and hot… yum….

  4. I love your channel, just found it the other day. YES, cooking to music always makes my sauce taste better!

  5. This was such a great video, I loved your recipe, your energy and now you have a new subby. Thanks again.. Im making my Ziti right NOW

  6. Can you give me info on preparing ahead & how to cook it after removing from frig? This looks sooo good, l want to make it for company. Thx!

  7. looks great, but isn't pasta supposed to be a relatively inexpensive dish? That must be at least $30 worth of cheese alone.

  8. Okay…so I made this today and wow…was the best ziti we ever had. I have a feeling the mascarpone cheese helped it be creamy and rich and not dry in any way. Nor was it too clumpy cheesy, just perfect. I never would have thought of adding that myself. Had to put under broiler for some reason to get the topping to be dry though a few minutes at the end.   I've tried five recipes so far and all were great. Next I'm gonna try that olive oil. Can't wait for it to arrive. 🙂

  9. Joe, Thank you so much for doing this video. I made this baked ziti with your sauce and it was a huge hit with all my guests. I'm looking forward to making more of your recipes.

  10. I tried this about three times already and made it for Christmas Eve dinner. Great to have as a ready to go dinner on a crazy busy night like Christmas Eve! This is amazing!!!!

  11. The mascarpone has no purpose in the recipe and will just get lost here.

  12. Cruel Joe, I am now so hungry if it was not so late 12.o2am I would probably go and make that 😛👍🇿🇦

  13. I'm assuming that you always have the marinara or spaghetti sauce already made up and just add the meat when you want it? I feel that ground sausage and beef add heaven to baked ziti.

  14. For those who need this written out, you’re welcome:

    6 cups of sauce
    1lb of Ziti
    3 cups of mozarella (fresh he said with water)
    32oz (3.5 cups of ricotta cheese) strained (add sugar to taste)
    1-1.5 cups of pecorino romano cheese
    1-1.5 cups Parmesan regionno cheese
    8oz mascarpone cheese
    1/2 cup bread crumbs
    4 tablespoons melted butter
    Ground pepper
    Vito and Joes olive oil

    Bring water to rapid boil.
    Add tablespoon of Pink Saltper 1 liter of water
    Add about a tsp of breadcrumbs to water
    Stir immediately throughout until al dente (about 10 minutes)
    When done, transfer to bowl that has around 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil.
    Mix

    Add a dash of salt and quite a bit of cracked black pepper (1 – 1.5 teaspoon)
    Stir well

    Add Parmesan cheese (hold back some).
    Add Pecorino cheese (hold back some).
    Add Mozarella (hold back 1.4 of it)
    Put all ricotta cheese in
    Put all mascarpone in

    Give it a good stir to blend

    Prep oven to 350

    Put 1/2 sauce in the bottom of baking pan and even out.

    Gently put pasta right on top. Layer it almost like lasagna.

    Spread even

    Take a ladle or 2 of sauce and top/spread it across.

    Put in oven for around 15-20 minutes

    Add remaining cheeses together in a bowl

    Give it a good stir.

    Add bread crumbs and butter. Mix well and set aside.

    Open oven, evenly spread mixture on top. Put back in oven for 15-20 minutes

  15. I have one in the oven right now…if I could roll around in it, I so totally would. 🍅🍅🍅🧄🧄

  16. I haven’t eaten today yet bc I’m making this tonight😋😋😋 definitely wanna save my appetite for this lol

  17. Ok, I have a weird side note…. Lol, I love the layout of your home. The stairs right there with the kitchen. I duno, I love it !!! I Dnt think I have ever seen that before. Just seems so family orientated. Kids running around right in the middle of the kitchen where your cooking. 🤷 I prob sound weird, lol…. But I like it … Anyway, love this recipe. Iv never had ziti in my life but I deff want to try this. thnx

  18. It looks delicious. Growng up Italian too, I can't help but wonder what his cholesterol level is.

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