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Baked Ziti with Sausage & Swiss Chard

Baked ziti feeds a crowd and is super easy to make with fabulous low FODMAP tomato sauces like this from FODY Foods!

Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American & Italian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Makes: 12 Servings
Calories: 464 kcal
Author: Dédé Wilson

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound (455 g) low FODMAP gluten-free ziti or penne, such as Jovial brand
  • Kosher salt
  • 8 ounces (170 g) Swiss chard, washed
  • 1 pound (455 g) low FODMAP Italian sausage, pork based, sweet, hot or a blend of both
  • 2 (19.4 ounce/550 g) jars each FODY Marinara or Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce
  • 1 pound (455 g) mozzarella cheese, low fat or regular, half cut into small cubes and half shredded
  • 1/2 cup (50 g) grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, divided
  • 1/2 cup (50 g) grated Pecorino Romano cheese, divided

Preparation:

  1. Position rack in middle of oven. Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C. Coat the inside of a 13 x 9 inch (33 cm x 23 cm) or 3 quart (2.8 L) casserole with nonstick spray; set aside.
  2. Set a large pot of well-salted water to boil over high heat. Add pasta, stirring occasionally and begin prepping the Swiss chard.
  3. While pasta is cooking, trim the chard of the largest, thickest part of the stems, which extend beyond the leaf and save for another use, like a stir-fry. Chop the rest of the Swiss chard leaves crosswise into broad ribbons. Add the chopped chard to the boiling pasta water. Drain when pasta is very al dente and still firm and holding its shape; remember it will be baked and therefore subject to further cooking. The chard will have cooked as well.
  4. Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and crumble remove sausage from its casings and crumble into pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until cooked through. Drain away any fat.
  5. Place drained pasta, with the cooked chard, in large mixing bowl and add cooked, crumbled sausage, FODY tomato sauce, the cubed mozzarella, Parmigiano and Romano cheeses and fold together well. (The cubed shape of the mozzarella is going to give you extra-gooey pockets of melted cheese within the baked ziti).
  6. Scrape pasta mixture into the prepared casserole dish, leveling the top. Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese on top along with the Romano and Parmigiano cheeses.
  7. Bake for about 40 minutes or until hot and the cheese it melted. Crank the oven up to 375°F/190°C and bake for about 10 more minutes to create crispy bits here and there and ensure that all of the cheese is melted. Serve immediately. Leftovers can be refrigerated for up to 3 days or frozen for up to a month a re-heated in the microwave or a 350°F/180°C oven.

Notes:

If You Can Tolerate

Fructans: 

  • If you have passed the wheat fructan Challenge you can use conventional wheat based pasta.

 

Nutrition Facts
Baked Ziti with Sausage & Swiss Chard
Amount Per Serving
Calories 464 Calories from Fat 252
% Daily Value*
Fat 28g43%
Saturated Fat 1g5%
Sodium 168mg7%
Potassium 72mg2%
Carbohydrates 38g13%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 23g46%
Vitamin A 1155IU23%
Vitamin C 5.7mg7%
Calcium 10mg1%
Iron 0.3mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.