Baked Ziti
Baked Ziti

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, baked ziti. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked ziti using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:
  1. Get 2 lbs penne pasta
  2. Get 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
  3. Get 24 oz tomato sauce
  4. Prepare 4 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
  5. Make ready 4 cups mozzarella cheese (shredded)
  6. Make ready 1 cup parmesan cheese
  7. Take 2 eggs
  8. Get 4 tbsp parsley
  9. Get 1 tbsp salt
  10. Take 1 tsp black pepper
  11. Take 1 tsp oregano
  12. Prepare 1/4 cup halved pepperoni slices (optional)
Steps to make Baked Ziti:
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  2. Boil water. Add some salt (about 1 tbsp) to flavor the pasta as it cooks. Once it boils, add pasta and cook for 15 minutes. Once pasta is done cooking, mix in a bit of sauce to keep it from sticking.
  3. Heat a pan at medium heat, add the beef and some water (maybe 2 cups or so). Brown the chopped meat. This will take about 10 minutes - you’ll know it’s done when the juice is clear.
  4. Then drain it. Once the meat cools a bit, break it up into small pieces if it isn’t already.
  5. Get a large foil roast pan and coat the bottom with about 1/4 cup of sauce.
  6. In a large bowl, mix together the meat and all ingredients, except the cooked pasta. Leave a little bit of sauce to the side to drizzle over the top later.
  7. After the meat, cheeses, eggs, and seasonings are mixed well, add the pasta and mix well again.
  8. Put the ziti in the baking pan. Sprinkle some extra mozzarella and parmesan cheese (maybe 2 handfuls of each) over the top layer. Then drizzle the last of the sauce over top.
  9. Cover the pan with foil and cook in the oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Then, take off the foil and cook for another 20 minutes or so.

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