Saturday, June 1, 2013

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.

7 comments:

Mahi said...

Moving from US is not always a happy thing to do Anu! But we can be with family, friends and enjoy Indian food! :) so, happy moving!

I don't eat Italian, haven't tasted this...nice clicks by the way!

AJ said...

Looks yummy! Good luck with the move.

Preety said...

good luck with your moving..sauce looks yumm..happy to follow you

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Hema said...

waiting for the five cheese ziti..

Priya Suresh said...

Both sauces looks fantabulous.I know moving will be stressful, take care and happy moving sis.

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Jayashree said...

Anu, don't know how I missed this post. Are you guys back in India? Mail me or msg your number on FB, will you?

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