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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We never made baked ziti or were even interested in making ziti, so it never much occurred to me.[/quote]

Ziti is a shape and is similar to penne.  My first baked ziti or penne was in Philly by Italian families and they did not use ricotta.  Pick your family preferred shape which can even be small shells or if young children small elbow.  Cook it. Can be served with the red meat sauce all mixed in or layered then baked with cheese melted on top or just the pasta and sauce on top.

Red sauce- prego makes one that is garlic/onion free.  Some brands use sweeter /different or more ripe tomatoes. One Italian family used to make sauce with butter plus added sugar. The added sugar was a hack to make sauce more like the sauce done from San Marzano tomatoes.   Premade sauce or crushed tomatoes from those is labeled on cans or jars.

So we used to make the pasta and some got it baked with mozzarella on top and other people liked unbaked and added their meat sauce on top.  [/quote]

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