Baked Ziti
Baked Ziti

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Baked Ziti - classic Italian American comfort food of pasta baked with sausage, tomato sauce and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses. Layered PAM sprayed Pyrex baking dishes like so. Baked Ziti is an easy weeknight pasta dish!

Baked Ziti is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Baked Ziti is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked ziti using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:
  1. Make ready 1 lb Sausage (hot or mild)
  2. Make ready 1 lb ground beef
  3. Get 1/2 tsp onion powder
  4. Make ready 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  5. Take 1 pinch red pepper (optional)
  6. Prepare 1 tsp italian seasoning
  7. Get 3/4 box penne pasta
  8. Get 2 can tomato sauce (24oz. each)
  9. Prepare 3 cup italian blended cheese
  10. Make ready 1/4 cup parmesan grated cheese
  11. Prepare 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese

Baked ziti resembles a baked pasta from Northern Italy, but it's actually original to the Naples area. The meat sauce along with the cheese makes for a hearty dish that is perfect for colder weather. Baked Ziti Is Lasagna's Chill, Laid-Back Cousin. Lasagna and baked ziti share a lot of the same ingredients, but I find that baked ziti is a lot easier to throw together and serve.

Instructions to make Baked Ziti:
  1. Boil water & cook pasta
  2. Brown sausage (add red pepper while browning.) Drain.
  3. Brown ground beef. (add onion & garlic powder while browning.) Drain.
  4. In 9x13 pan, mix meats, pasta, cheeses & tomato sauce. Mix well.
  5. Cover & bake at Ā°400 for 40 mintues.
  6. Uncover & sprinkle top with desired amount of cheese. Bake an additional 10-15 mintues uncovered.

A saucy, cheesy Baked Ziti Recipe! With a robustly flavored homemade tomato sauce (made with Italian sausage), ricotta and melty, bubbly mozzarella cheese, this is comfort food at its finest. This easy baked ziti recipe is made with homemade marinara sauce, creamy ricotta, basil, and lots of mozzarella cheese! I turn to this easy baked ziti recipe anytime I'm serving a crowd. This baked ziti is layered almost like a lasagna to ensure every bite has enough creamy ricotta, stringy mozzarella and tangy tomato sauce.

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