Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, baked ziti. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Baked ziti is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Baked ziti is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked ziti using 15 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked ziti:

1. Make ready 1 packages ziti pasta
2. Take 1 lb ground beef cooked
3. Take 1/4 medium onion, diced (@ 3 tablespoons)
4. Make ready 8 oz mushrooms, sliced
5. Take 3 clove garlic, chopped
6. Prepare 28 oz can whole peeled can tomatoes in puree, roughly chopped
7. Prepare 1 sprig fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp
8. Get 1 sprig fresh basil or 1 tsp
9. Take 1 fresh ground black pepper
10. Make ready 1 kosher salt
11. Get 1 pinch crushed red pepper or to taste
12. Make ready 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan, divided
13. Take 1/4 cup grated pecorino romano
14. Make ready 1 lb fresh mozzarella, grated
15. Prepare 1 lb ziti

Carefully add the meat sauce and stir until thoroughly combined. 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.

Instructions to make Baked ziti:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F
2. Cook pasta until tender but firm, about 6 minutes
3. Cook burger in a medium sause pan
4. Add onion and mushroom when burger is about halfway done
5. Add garlic, cook for about 1 minute
6. Add tomatoes, thyme and basil
7. Bring to a boil
8. Lower heat. simmer covered for 10 min
9. Discard sprigs
10. Stir in salt and pepper to taste
11. Combine pasta and marinara sauce in a big bowl
12. Add 1/4 cup of parmesan, pecorino, half the mozzarella
13. Season with black pepper and red pepper
14. Mix well
15. Transfer the pasta to an oiled 9x13 inch baking dish
16. Top with remaining mozzarella and parmesan
17. Bake until lightly brown, about 25 minutes

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