Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, cheesy baked ziti. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cheesy Baked Ziti is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Cheesy Baked Ziti is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Baked Ziti - classic Italian American comfort food of pasta baked with sausage, tomato sauce and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses. But baked ziti is part cheese!!! You have to like cheese to enjoy it.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have cheesy baked ziti using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cheesy Baked Ziti:
- Prepare 1 box ziti noodles
- Take 8 cup water
- Take 1 dash salt
- Get 1 lb spicy sausage
- Make ready 1 medium sized onion
- Get 4 clove garlic
- Prepare 2 can tomato paste
- Prepare 1 can tomato sauce
- Take 1 cup water
- Prepare 1 tbsp italian seasoning
- Get 1 tsp oregano
- Get 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional - I like to spice it up!)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 2 tbsp fresh parsley
- Make ready 2 cup parmesan cheese
- Take 3 cup mozzerella cheese
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Steps to make Cheesy Baked Ziti:
- Preheat oven to 350°
- 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)
- In skillet or medium pot, over medium heat, add sausage and onion and cook til brown then drain.
- Add garlic to sausage and onion and give a stir to soften.
- Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, and 1 cup water to sausage mixture. Stir until mixture is smooth.
- Add Italian seasoning, oregano, garlic powder, cayenne pepper and salt.
- Bring sauce to a slow boil and turn down to simmer for 5-10 minutes.
- Add fresh parsley and stir.
- In 9×11 baking dish add noodles, sauce, 2 cups parmesan cheese and 2 cups mozzarella cheese. Stir all until thoroughly mixed.
- Top with 1 cup remaining mozzerella cheese.
- Bake at 350° for 45 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes and serve.
The hardest part of the any baked pasta dish is getting the sauce. 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! With a robustly flavored homemade tomato sauce (made with Italian sausage), ricotta and melty, bubbly mozzarella cheese, this is comfort food at its finest! Add the ziti mixture and cover with the remaining sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan and the remaining mozzarella.
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