If you like creamy, cheesy, white sauce pasta then you’ll absolutely love this Three Cheese Pasta Bake Recipe. Filled with Ricotta, Parmesan and Mozzarella Cheese, and is SO easy to throw together! The whole family loves this recipe!!
Ricotta Pasta Bake
My family has a weakness for pasta. My mom makes it all the time back in Arizona, and I make it almost weekly here in Texas. It wasn’t too long ago that my mom tried a new pasta dish that she found on My Recipes. She said they LOVED it, so of course I had to give it a try myself. It was a Three Cheese Pasta Bake recipe, and I knew with 3 different cheeses, it had to be good. Let’s be honest, you can’t go wrong with 3 cheeses!!
This particular recipe has Ricotta, Parmesan and Mozzarella Cheese, which happen to be three of my favorites. It’s also extra creamy because of the sour cream and Alfredo sauce. With all of these yummy, creamy, cheesy ingredients, it was no surprise that this recipe really was terrific! My family loved it, and even the kids asked for seconds. Next time we give it a try, I think we’ll add some grilled chicken. Chicken is always a great addition to white sauce pastas.
How to Make this Easy Pasta Bake Recipe:
This recipe is really so simple. The most time consuming part is cooking the pasta! Then you just toss the other ingredients together and throw everything in the oven to bake. Here are the instructions:
- Prepare the ziti pasta according to package directions. Drain, and pour back in your pot.
- In a large bowl, combine the alfredo sauce and sour cream. Add ziti and toss until coated. Spoon half of the pasta into a greased 9×13-inch dish.
- In a separate bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, eggs, parmesan and most of the parsley. Spread evenly over the pasta in the baking dish. Evenly spoon the remaining pasta on top.
- Sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese and a little fresh Parsley and bake for 25-30 minutes at 350°.
- Serve warm, and enjoy!
You can always add more Mozzarella cheese on top, depending on how much you like. Since there were already 3 cheeses, I figured 1 cup would be enough. 😉 As I mentioned before, I think I’ll add some grilled chicken next time. For those who are obsessed with delicious pasta dishes like we are, then you’ll love this recipe.
Complete the meal by making these other Lil’ Luna recipes:
For more great pasta dishes, check out:
- Cheesy Chicken Alfredo Casserole
- Creamy Garlic Penne Pasta
- Kid Friendly Spaghetti
- Chicken Spaghetti
- Italian Sausage Pasta
- Cheesy Spinach Lasagna Rolls
Three Cheese Pasta Bake Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 oz ziti pasta
- 20 oz alfredo sauce
- 8 oz sour cream
- 15 oz Ricotta cheese
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese grated
- 1/4 cup parsley fresh and chopped
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350.
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Prepare pasta according to package directions. Drain and pour back in your pot.
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In a large bowl, combine alfredo sauce and sour cream. Add ziti and toss until coated.
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Spoon half of the pasta into a greased 9x13-inch dish.
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In a separate bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, eggs, parmesan and most of the parsley. Spread evenly over pasta in the baking dish. Evenly spoon remaining pasta on top.
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Sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese and little fresh Parsley.
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Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Recipe adapted from HERE.
I freaking love parmesan and mozzarella, so wanting this right now!
SAME!! I have a feeling you’ll love this recipe. Thanks for stopping by!
Super delicious!! My daughters and I are going to have girls weekend this weekend while my hubby is out of town. He hates ricotta cheese yet my girls and I love so….I think this will be on the menu this weekend. Thanks for the recipe!!
Yay for girls weekends!! Let me know how it goes, Crystal!! ;D
Is this something that can be assembled in advance, frozen, then thawed and baked when needed?
I haven’t tried freezing but I think it would be fine too. I would just make sure you thaw it all the way before baking. Let me know if you try this so I can make a note for others on how it turned out. 🙂
I made a stuffed shell recipe that is very similar but with red pasta sauce and large shells. I make mine ahead but I bake it first and then when ready to eat, thaw and then reheat in the microwave. You can freeze it first before baking but just bake it 5-10min longer than the directions say usually. 🙂
Sounds great!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
could this be made in SLOWCOOKER?!
I haven’t tried it in the slow cooker and definitely think it would be best in the oven. If you do try it in the slow cooker and it works out great, let me know and I can make a note of it for other readers. 😉
I haven’t found an alfredo sauce in a jar that I like…any suggestions?
Thank you!
@Deena,
My favorite jarred alfredo is Classico 4 cheese. I don’t like any jarred alfredo alone, but I use it for recipes.
If you are going to add grilled chicken. would you grill the chicken, then put it in the pan before you put it in the oven?
I made the 3 Cheese Pasta Bake tonight and its yummy. It was very easy to make, and I will surely make it again. The only thing I did different was I cooked and chopped some broccoli and added that.I was going to add cooked chicken also, but just got lazy lol Delish, thanks for the recipe 🙂
That’s a great addition!! Thanks so much for letting me know! Adding chicken would be yum, too!
I made this dish today. It turned out great. Just 2 of us so I have a lot left. Will try some chicken with it tomorrow with leftovers. Didn’t have any parsley flakes so substituted some dry cilantro flakes. Did good. Thank you.
I love to hear that!! Thank you so much for letting me know & thank you for giving it a try!
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Awe, thank you so much! I hope everyone loves it! I’m glad you found my site 🙂
How many people does this serve? Would be feeding 8 adults and wondering if it’s enough. Thanks! ☺️
It should be 🙂 Hope they all like it!!
Yummy!!!
It really is!! Thank you for stopping by!
This dish looks absolutely delicious . Can’t wait to try it.
It is!! We love it! Hope you like it 🙂
I WANT TO TRY ALL THE CHICKEN RECIPES
Chicken recipes are my favorite! I hope you like the ones you try!
Made this loved it. I added mushrooms to it as I usually add them to most pasta dishes. Very easy to make. I was going to add some grilled chicken but recovering from a migraine and didn’t have the energy. Might have to with the left overs. ?
I am so glad you liked it! That would be perfect! Thank you!
Sounds easy and love ricotta cheese. My grandkids will eat it up. Thanks bunches
You are so welcome!! I hope they do 🙂 Thank you!
Hi! Have you made this WiTh homemade alfredo sauce? Also, will this keep if i maKe it one day ahead an put it in the fridge
Not with this specific recipe, but that would be good 🙂
Yes, you can make a day ahead 🙂
I’d love to make this and was planning on adding chicken, but almost fell out of the chair when I read the nutritional information. Surely, there’s a mistake??? It says 4,463 calories per serving (with fat, sodium, etc all proportionately high, too). True, it doesn’t mention what size a serving is but this sounds like the whole pan LOL.
Clarify pls?
i was curious about this too. That has To be rhe whole pan right???
Thank you for this! I cooked it tonight with broiled chi tenders & broc. Had to leave to pick up one of my ch from vo & came back to “mom this is amaz!”
Awe, I am glad they liked it!! Thank you for trying it & letting me know 🙂
I love this recipe, & it will become a staple in my house haha; however if you are big on flavor like me I recommend Adding your favoritE Flavor To the alfredo sauce, I used prego (I’m 23 in college and rushing) and it really just lacked flavor. NeXt time ill definitely be fixing up my sauce but other than that major YUM! Especially since i Do not eat meat im always looking for good meAtless pastas
I am so glad you liked it! And, yes, you can add whatever you like to your pasta for more flavor. Thank you for sharing!
Is there a cheesE you recommend if I Omit the ricotta cheese?
You can just use more parmesan or mozzarella. You can also try yogurt or cottage cheese. Hope that helps!!
Im gonna try this RECIPE, just wondering if i make it without the eggs will it work? Or can i sub the eggs with SOMETHING else??
I haven’t left the eggs out, but I am sure you could just sprinkle the cheese without it. The egg kind of binds the cheeses together & helps make it creamy.
Would it be okay to substitute greek yogurt for the sour cream?
Yes, you totally can. I personally have not tried, but Greek yogurt is a great substitute for sour cream.
Can you freeZe leftovers
You sure could 🙂
I can’t believe that this dish is 4,463 calories per serving as shown!!!??? Might as well hook the family up to an I.V. of movie popcorn oil! It sounds really good, though. I’ll make it, but work on a lightened version. Thanks.