Ziti for 20 (or close)

So, have you ever read a recipe and started cooking only to find that either a) you went wrong somewhere or b) the person who originally cooked the recipe studied at Hogwarts school of magic and "somehow" made it work? Well, I'm not really sure which is the case here but let me tell you, I just made the BIGGEST casserole of my life! It's a good thing I had DJ and his brother, Craig here to help me tackle this beast! We still have leftovers, but we are down to only a square or two! YAY!! This is a super delicious and a very easy dish to make (and still tastes great as leftovers)! Before I start, I want to tell you that the recipe called for a 9x13 pan. I am here to tell you a 20x20 might have been easier and a lot less messy!! I had to place a big cookie sheet under the casserole dish just to keep the oven rack from bending haha!!! So, you can find the original recipe here on a very wonderful blog titled The Girl Who Ate Everything. She has some really great recipes and I can't wait to try more of them very soon! I will say she did note also that it makes a "heaping" 9x13 casserole, but her picture is so pretty! When we tried to maneuver ours out of the pan it was only pure luck we got it out in kind of one piece! So here we go...get ready to EAT!!!

Here are the ingredients you will need:
1 lb Ziti pasta
1 onion, chopped
1 lb. Italian Sausage
2 ts minced garlic
2 ts Italian seasoning
2 jars (26 oz EACH) spaghetti sauce--I used Ragu's Roasted garlic and Six Cheese
6 oz Provolone cheese, sliced (9 rounds)
1 1/2 cups sour cream
8 oz Mozzarella cheese
Grated Parmesan

First, you're going to want to get the pasta boiling in some salt water. Cook as the package directs!

While the pasta is cooking get out your large skillet and brown the onion and sausage over medium/high heat. Add minced garlic and cook for another minute. Then add the spaghetti sauce and Italian seasoning and simmer for 15 minutes.

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees and butter your 9x13 pan (get ready to work some magic here)!!
Layer:
1/2 cooked Ziti
1/2 sauce/meat mixture
Provolone cheese slices
Sour Cream
Remaining Ziti
Remaining Sauce
Mozzerella
Then top it off with Parmesan cheese

Bake this for 30 minutes (20 minutes covered with foil and 10 without)

Note: You might want to add an extra pan to the bottom if you have spills...and get napkins nearby to clean up after the spillage you will probably get as you try to get it all to fit in the pan :)

DELICIOUS!! 

~Happy Eating~

The Girl Who Ate Everything