Alfredo & Zitti sauce

We are having a huge change this weekend, we are moving from United states to India. Moving is always stressful. Our family has moved many times, but I still worry about packing things,settling down.....  stuck with mixed feelings. If I was not in this country, for sure I would not been in this blogging world. Before leaving from United states I want to try five cheese ziti a signature dish of Olive garden.

I will be posting five cheese Ziti in next post, before that I would like to share the sauce with you. I used Italian five cheese from Kraft in place of Fontina cheese. I want to use store bought Alfredo sauce to simplify my work, but unfortunately all Alfredo sauce had egg, so decided to make my own sauce. I would not say this is so healthy, because each and every ingredients in five cheese Ziti has fat content in it. Taking once in a while is OK :). Since it is homemade we can alter the full fat into skimmed or low fat cream.

Alfredo sauce:

Ingredients:

• Low fat cream - 1 pint
• Butter - 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp
• Parmesan cheese - 1 cup
• Pepper and salt - to taste

Method:

Heat a wide pan with low fat cream and butter in a medium flame till butter melts. Add Parmesan cheese and cook for 5 minutes. Add pepper and salt.

Ziti sauce:

Ingredients:

• Pasta sauce - 4 cups (I used plain marinara sauce)
• Alfredo sauce - 2 cups(recipe above or store bought)
• Ricotta cheese - 1/2 cup
• Grated garlic - 1 tsp
• Mozzarella cheese - 1/4 cup
• Italian five cheese - 2 tbsp (I used Kraft or use fontina cheese)

Method:

Combine pasta sauce, alfredo sauce and ricotta cheese n a large bowl and blend thoroughly.

Add Parmesan cheese and Italian five cheese and mix thoroughly. Cover, set aside and refrigerate until ready to use.