Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, baked ziti. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Baked ziti is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Baked ziti is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Try RICOTTA CHEESE instead of sour cream and skip the provolone for a real Italian version of Baked Ziti. Mix an egg into a pound of ricotta to make it nice and creamy, and toss with the ziti. Layer sauce first (so you don't need to butter the pan), then ziti/cheese, mozzarella, sprinkle with parm and a little dried oregano or basil, then.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baked ziti using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked ziti:

1. Prepare 1 lb ground beef (or turkey)
2. Get 1/2 lb mild italian sausage
3. Get 1 can (24 oz) spaghetti sauce
4. Prepare 1/2 onion (diced)
5. Get 3 cloves garlic (minced)
6. Prepare 16 oz. mozzerella (shredded)
7. Make ready 16 oz. rotelle pasta
8. Make ready Salt/pepper
9. Prepare Parmesan cheese

Baked Ziti is a classic baked pasta dish. It's basically some kind of tomato or meat sauce baked in a dish with some kind of cheese and, of course, ziti noodles—unless you're me, then you use mostaciolli noodles. Some people just use tomato/marinara sauce. That, of course, would never fly in this house.

Steps to make Baked ziti:

1. Bring pan of water to boil. Add salt and pasta..cook until they have a little bit of chew to them still 8-10 min. Drain and return to pan.
2. Brown sausage with a little bit of olive oil. Remove from pan.
3. Add onion to drippings from sausage, saute. Add garlic just before onions are done.
4. Add ground beef to onions and garlic, brown and then drain fat. Return to heat and add sausage and sauce. Let simmer
5. In baking dish coat bottom with sauce, add layer of cheese followed by a layer of pasta.. Repeat until all is used..top with a final layer of cheese and parm.
6. Bake at 350°F for 20 min. Cheese should be melted and slightly golden brown.
7. Serve and enjoy!!!

Baked ziti is an Italian-American casserole of ziti noodles with Marinara Sauce, ricotta, and cheese. The combination of mozzarella and parmesan is our secret to making the BEST Baked Ziti! Our baked ziti recipe is a dish all cooks should have in their repertoire. Baked macaroni dishes like ziti combine cooked pasta with a sauce, vegetable, and/or meat – and plenty of cheese. All the ingredients are layered or tossed into a casserole dish and baked in the oven for less than an hour.

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