2. Type of Sauce
When it comes to making baked ziti, the type of pasta to use should be obvious, after all, it is called baked ziti. However, there is a debate over whether ziti pasta or penne is the best to use when making this dish. Ziti is pasta that is straight cut and smooth.
The tubes are important as they will trap in the sauce as well as bits of cheese. Penne is another type of tube pasta, but the ends are cut at a diagonal. Penne is often easier to find and also often comes with ridges on the outside, which allows sauce and cheese to be trapped as well.
When it comes to what type of pasta to use for your baked ziti recipe, the choice is really yours. Both types of pasta will work well with any of the baked ziti recipes that you find. It really simply comes down to what type of pasta you either have on hand or can easily find.