Baked Ziti with Roasted Eggplant

This vegetarian dish is made with roasted eggplant, ziti pasta, tomato-basil sauce, ricotta and mozzarella cheese. I provide a recipe for homemade tomato-basil sauce in the directions if you would like to use it; if not, jar sauce will work fine.

This recipe contains , olive oil, salt, black pepper, eggplant, crushed red pepper, , pasta (ziti), sauce (tomato basil), cheese (ricotta), basil (fresh), cheese (mozzarella, shredded)

4 - 6 Servings

Prep time: 15 min

Cook time: 40 min

Ingredients:

• for the roasted eggplant
• 3 tbsp. olive oil
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 2 whole medium-sized eggplants, cut into 1" cubes
• 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes (optional)
• for the baked ziti
• 1 pkg(s) 16oz. ziti pasta
• 2 cup(s) tomato-basil pasta sauce
• 1 cup(s) ricotta, whole milk
• 1/2 cup(s) fresh basil leaves, chopped plus more for garnish
• 4 oz. fresh or dry mozzarella cheese, freshly grated

Instructions: