Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, cheesy baked ziti. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Place the ziti in a large bowl. Mix with the ricotta and half of the mozzarella. Mix the oregano and the paprika into the spaghetti sauce.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook cheesy baked ziti using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cheesy Baked Ziti:

1. Prepare 1 box ziti noodles
2. Make ready 8 cup water
3. Prepare 1 dash salt
4. Get 1 lb spicy sausage
5. Prepare 1 medium sized onion
6. Prepare 4 clove garlic
7. Make ready 2 can tomato paste
8. Make ready 1 can tomato sauce
9. Get 1 cup water
10. Make ready 1 tbsp italian seasoning
11. Prepare 1 tsp oregano
12. Get 1/2 tsp garlic powder
13. Prepare 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional - I like to spice it up!)
14. Get 1/2 tsp salt
15. Prepare 2 tbsp fresh parsley
16. Prepare 2 cup parmesan cheese
17. Prepare 3 cup mozzerella cheese

Diana Rattray / The Spruce Eats. To bake, thaw the ziti overnight in the refrigerator. Cheesy Baked Ziti has both sausage and pepperoni for a comforting spice flavor with cooked ziti mixed together in marina sauce layered with mozzarella cheese and baked to perfection! We love pasta dishes that are comforting and easy to make!

Instructions to make Cheesy Baked Ziti:

1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. In a large pot add water, salt, and ziti noodles. Cook til al dente, drain and set aside. (I toss with a tsp. oil to prevent sticking)
3. In skillet or medium pot, over medium heat, add sausage and onion and cook til brown then drain.
4. Add garlic to sausage and onion and give a stir to soften.
5. Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, and 1 cup water to sausage mixture. Stir until mixture is smooth.
6. Add Italian seasoning, oregano, garlic powder, cayenne pepper and salt.
7. Bring sauce to a slow boil and turn down to simmer for 5-10 minutes.
8. Add fresh parsley and stir.
9. In 9×11 baking dish add noodles, sauce, 2 cups parmesan cheese and 2 cups mozzarella cheese. Stir all until thoroughly mixed.
10. Top with 1 cup remaining mozzerella cheese.
11. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes.
12. Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes and serve.

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