Baked Ziti with Turkey
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- CALORIES
- 66g
- PROTEIN
- 71g
- CARBS
- 31g
- FAT
Macros are for one serving as written. Make gives you more servings of the same size; Portion resizes one serving and moves the macros with it.
Ingredients
- 700g (1.5 lb) ground turkey, 93% lean
- 280g (10 oz) pasta, dry
- 500g (2 cups) passata
- 40g (2.5 tbsp) tomato paste
- 200g (2 cups) mozzarella, grated
- 200g (scant 1 cup) cottage cheese, 2%
- 40g (1/2 cup) parmesan, grated
- 150g (1 medium) onion, diced
- 12g (4 cloves) garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp (12ml) olive oil
- 2 tsp oregano, 1 tsp fennel seed, 1 tsp salt, chilli flakes, basil
Method
- Heat the oven to 200C / 400F. Boil the pasta 3 min short of the packet time - it finishes in the oven and fully cooked pasta here turns to porridge.
- Brown the turkey in the oil over high heat, breaking it up only after the first 3 min.
- Add the onion and cook 5 min, then the garlic, oregano, fennel and chilli flakes for 60 seconds.
- Stir in the tomato paste, cook 2 min, then the passata and salt. Simmer 10 min.
- Stir the cottage cheese into the drained pasta rather than layering it. Layered, it bakes into a dry white seam; stirred through, it disappears into creaminess.
- Combine the pasta with two thirds of the sauce and half the mozzarella.
- Tip into the dish, spoon the remaining sauce over, then the rest of the mozzarella and all the parmesan.
- Bake 20-25 min until the top blisters. Rest it 10 min before cutting or the first portion collapses.
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Start 7 days freeTip: undercook the pasta by three full minutes. It is drinking sauce the whole time it is in the oven.
EquipmentBaking dish, large pot, skillet
KitBaking dishLarge potSkillet
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KeepsFridge 4 days. Reheat covered at 180C / 350F, 20 min - the crust comes back.
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Macros are computed from the raw ingredient weights above using USDA FoodData Central reference values. Brands vary, so treat them as close estimates rather than lab figures. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice.