Hey everyone, 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’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Baked Ziti - classic Italian American comfort food of pasta baked with sausage, tomato sauce and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses. Baked Ziti is so much more than just a Bolognese pasta bake…. It's a big, juicy baked pasta that's loaded with flavour from a healthy dose of seasonings and topped with a generous amount of cheese.
Baked Ziti is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Baked Ziti is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. 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:
- Get 2 lbs penne pasta
- Prepare 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
- Make ready 24 oz tomato sauce
- Make ready 4 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
- Take 4 cups mozzarella cheese (shredded)
- Prepare 1 cup parmesan cheese
- Take 2 eggs
- Prepare 4 tbsp parsley
- Make ready 1 tbsp salt
- Prepare 1 tsp black pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp oregano
- Get 1/4 cup halved pepperoni slices (optional)
It's basically some kind of tomato or meat sauce baked in a dish with some kind of cheese and, of course, ziti noodles—unless you're me. 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. This vegetable packed vegetarian Baked Ziti is the ultimate weeknight dinner.
Instructions to make Baked Ziti:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- 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.
- 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.
- Then drain it. Once the meat cools a bit, break it up into small pieces if it isn’t already.
- Get a large foil roast pan and coat the bottom with about 1/4 cup of sauce.
- 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.
- After the meat, cheeses, eggs, and seasonings are mixed well, add the pasta and mix well again.
- 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.
- 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.
Baked ziti is like lasagna's laid back sister. No fussing with perfectly fitting the noodles or cooking the bechamel. I highly suggest dividing the leftovers into single servings so they Like a freeform lasagna, this Baked Ziti has layers of pasta, homemade red. This Baked Ziti is a classic Italian-American comfort food! It's easy to make, perfect for a weeknight meal or a special occasion.
So that’s going to wrap this up for this exceptional food baked ziti recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I’m sure you can make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food in home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to save this page in your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
