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["Gravy (2 hours before dinner or as early as a few days before) in a medium bowl mix together . . . ground beef, 1 tsp dried parsley, 1/2 tsp dried basil, 1 clove garlic minced, 2 TBS Italian Flavored Bread Crumbs, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper. Mix with fork until evenly blended. Brown meat mixture in olive oil in a 5 qt sauce pan. When cooked almost through remove.", "Drain pan. Add 1 lb sausage. Brown well on all sides. Remove.", "Drain pan well. Saute 1/2 lb sliced slice fresh mushroom until slightly brown.", "Return sausage links and ground meat mixture to sauce pan. Add tomatoes, puree, 1 tsp parsley, 1 TBS basil, 1 clove minced garlic. Simmer 1 hour. Remove sausage, slice (1/4 "") return to pot. continue to simmer until ready to use.", "NEXT. Fill large pot with 5 quarts cold water. Bring to boil. Cook ziti according to package directions (al dente).", "While ziti is cooking mix together ricotta, 3/4 lb mozzarella, Romano and black pepper.", "Preheat oven to 350u00b0F.", "Drain ziti well. Place in 9X12 baking dish. Add cheese mixture blend well.", "With slotted spoon, remove 2-3 cups meat and mushrooms from gravy. Add to ziti. Add 1 cup extra sauce. Mix well. Top with remaining mozzarella. Cover. Bake 30 minutes. remove cover and baked another 5-10 minutes, until cheese melts and gets bubbly. You do not want it to brown.", "Also works well with medium sized shells.", "1 cup sliced black olives may be added to recipe or substituted for mushrooms."]
