For this reason, ziti may also be rendered as zite in Italian (with the regular plural form for feminine nouns in -a).

The sauce-coated pasta is then combined with cheese, typically a mixture of ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan.

Other ingredients can be added to the cheese, such as ground meat, sausage, mushrooms, peppers, and onions.

[citation needed] In the crime-drama series The Sopranos, the phrase box of ziti is used as a euphemism for $1,000.

[12][13][14] The term was used in Albany by Andrew Cuomo during the sentencing of Percoco v. United States in February 2018.