Traditional British steaming puddings like spotted dick are cooked with dried fruit and, of course, served with custard sauce.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 6 hrs 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 6 hrs 55 mins |
| Servings: | 20 |
| Yield: | 20 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound bulk sausage
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 onions, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (16 ounce) jar chopped roasted red peppers
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
- 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 (16 ounce) packages ziti pasta
Instructions
- Stir ground beef, sausage, basil, oregano, pepper, and salt together in a bowl.
- Cook and stir beef mixture in a large skillet over medium-high heat until browned and crumbly, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onions and garlic in hot oil until slightly golden and tender, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Stir beef mixture, onion mixture, tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, and red peppers together in a large bowl.
- Stir 1 cup mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, and Parmesan cheese together in a separate bowl.
- Spoon 1/3 of meat mixture into the slow cooker; top with 1/2 the ziti pasta. Drop 1/2 the cheese mixture by rounded tablespoons over the ziti; carefully spread cheese mixture over ziti using the back of the spoon. Repeat layering process 1 more time. Pour remaining meat sauce over the top and place the lid on the slow cooker.
- Cook on Low for until ziti is tender, 6 to 7 hours (or cook on High for 3 to 5 hours).
- Sprinkle remaining 1 cup mozzarella over the top of the baked ziti and let stand until melted, about 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 405 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 46 g |
| Cholesterol | 44 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 22 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 1067 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 15 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very tasty! I only made a half portion because of the size of my slow cooker, and I left out the peppers because I don’t like the flavor. I probably should have added another small can of tomatoes to make up the liquid because this cooked very quickly. Ended up being only about 1 hour on high and 2 hours on low. I froze the other half of the ingredients to make again soon
Great. But I didn’t put in noodles until 20 minutes before it finished. Can always do longer but can’t undo the shorter.
I am making this on Christmas Eve. Should the noodles be cooked before adding them to the mixture, or should they be dry? The recipe does not say.
I made this exactly as the recipe says (except I didn’t have sausage and used 2lbs antelope burger) but only had 4 hours to cook so I did it on high. It was a huge hit! The noodles were perfect that way- not soggy like I’m reading a lot in the other reviews. Next time I plan to make sure I have the sausage but still use some kind of wild burger (that’s all I cook with), either 3/4 or half the noodles, and add another can of spaghetti sauce. This made a HUGE meal and we don’t need quite so much with just 4 of us and no microwave for hubby to heat it at work. I will definitely be making this again!
It was delicious…I used Hunts garden style and also dry ranch seasoning mixed in the sauce with half a block of cream cheese…My co-workers loved it…will make again
I can’t give this recipe five stars as I had to modify it a bit. I halved the recipe which worked out great for a family of 4 and we still had leftovers. It fit just fine in my large oval-shaped slow cooker. The original version would not have fit in it! I halved the pasta, meat, sauce, but not the cheese. It turned out really nice. To ensure enough moisture, I put a bit of water in the sauce cans, about 1/4c of water, to get the last bit of sauce out. To cut down on dishes to clean. I cooked the meat in a large saucepan. Removed it. Then cooked the onion and garlic in the same pan. Then I added the meat and sauce to it and warmed it up a bit. I added additional garlic. basil, and oregano. I also added fresh sage and parsley.
No changes. Very easy and tasted sooooooo good.
Just made this recipe, left out the peppers because I am spice sensitive, and skipped carmelizing the onions and garlic due to lack of time before leaving the house. It still came out fabulous! I made it in a 7 qt hamilton beach slow cooker, and the recipe filled it up nicely, it took about 1 hour less to make than indicated cooking on low heat. We will definitely be making this recipe again!
Tastes very good, but seriously makes a VAT of pasta! My family of 5 ate this for TWO nights, and there was still some left.
I used whole wheat pasta. I felt it needed more liquid but my slow cooker was already filled to the max before I got all the ingredients into it. I’ll probably try it again but with some changes.
I followed the recipe exactly and (unfortunately) the pasta reminded me of canned ‘beef-a-roni’. I will say that the first night it was palatable and I’m not saying that the flavor was bad, the flavor is definitely there. It is just that the pasta ends up mushy-(sp ?). I will try agagain except, I will add the pasta much later ! Again the sauce is nice
I thought it was going to be a little dry so I added a cup of V-8 Juice to spice it up and keep it moist, and it was great
I did it lazy mans style with prepared sauce. I also did vegetarian- added mushrooms subtracted meat. I found cooking time is way too long. 4 hours on high and I got burnt noodles on sides. 3 hours high, maybe 5 low is plenty.
my family loves this and it made enough that we had leftovers for a while and everyone gobbled it all up… so yummy and easy to make
I didn’t use all the ingredients listed in this recipe. I par-boiled the Ziti. I layered the slow cooker with chopped onion, tomato sauce, fresh basil,salt,pepper and oregano, 1/2 measurement of ricotta, cooled Ziti evenly. Sprinkled 1/2 measurements of mozzarella. Repeated the layer.Cooked on low for 6 hours. Easy dinner, yum and easy clean up. Left overs as well.
Came out very good! I topped it with meatballs and just made a basic marinara sauce instead of the meat sauce.
I made it as the recipe says and couldn’t fit it all into my crockpot. I made it for a potluck and everyone did rave about it. I will make it again but I have a few changes that I will try.
The prep took a while…but it is delicious!! I put an extra jar of sauce in so it wasn’t so dry…glad I did!!
This was awful.
Turned out okay but too much work.
Good stuff! Made twice!