Baked Ziti
Baked Ziti

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, baked ziti. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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.

Baked Ziti is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Baked Ziti is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have baked ziti using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:
  1. Take 1 lb dry ziti pasta
  2. Take 1 onion, chopped
  3. Make ready 1 lb italian sausage (or ground beef…I like ground sausage better)
  4. Take 2 tsp minced garlic
  5. Get 2 tsp italian seasoning
  6. Make ready 2 jars of spaghetti sauce (26 oz each)
  7. Make ready 6 oz provolone cheese (9-12 round slices)
  8. Get 1 1/2 cup sour cream
  9. Prepare 8 oz mozzarella cheese
  10. Take 1 grated parmesan cheese
  11. Prepare butter

Some people just use tomato/marinara sauce. Meat Sauce: Italian sausage adds a ton of flavor in this recipe but of you can use ground beef (or turkey). If you swap out the sausage, add extra seasonings or spices (and some chili flakes for heat). Pasta: Since this is a baked ziti casserole, I use ziti as the base but any medium pasta will work.

Steps to make Baked Ziti:
  1. Cook pasta according to package.
  2. In a large skillet, brown onion and sausage ovef medium heat. Drain the fat. Add minced garlic and cook for a minute or so. Add spaghetti sauce and Italian seasoning and simmer for 15 mins.
  3. Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9x13 baking dish. Layer as follows: 1/2 of the ziti, 1/2 of the sauce mixture, provolone cheese, sour cream, remaining ziti, remaining sauce mixture and then sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top then the grated parmesan cheese.
  4. Bake for 30 minutes in ghe preheated oven or until cheeses are melted. You may want to cover it for the first 20 minutes with foil and then let the cheese melt and brown for the last 10 minutes.
  5. Optional: Serve with garlic knots (our fav) or garlic toast. Enjoy!

Baked Ziti Baked Ziti, like lasagna but easier, this easy baked ziti recipe is the classic comfort food that makes for the perfect weeknight dinner. This ziti casserole is loaded with sausage and ground beef. 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. It's a versatile dish that can be adapted in so many ways, including adding leftovers.

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