Recipe - Broccoli And Ziti Casserole

One fourth cup Olive oil
2 Cloves garlic, minced
2 pound Fresh broccoli, cooked,
chopped
4 cup Italian tomato sauce
1 pound Ziti, cooked according to
package
One half cup Parmesan cheese
One fourth pound Mozzarella cheese, grated
(optional)
2 pound (16 oz.) low fat Ricotta
cheese
One half cup Seasoned bread crumbs
2 tablespoon Toasted wheat germ
(optional)

Heat olive oil in skillet. Saute garlic until softened, not brown. Stir
broccoli into garlic oil; set aside. In casserole (9x13), layer half tomato
sauce, half the ziti, half Parmesan cheese* and all Mozzarella*, all
broccoli, all Ricotta. (*Have cheeses mixed together.) Then layer remaining
ziti. Add sauce, crumbs, wheat germ and remaining Parmesan. Cover and bake
at 350 degrees for 35 minutes (10 minutes longer if dish has been
refrigerated before cooking). Uncover during the last 15 minutes of
cooking. Sauce should be bubbling and top lightly brown.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #186 by Julie Bertholf
jewel1@ix.netcom.com on Jul 18, 1997