Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, baked ziti. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Baked ziti is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Baked ziti is something that I have loved my entire life.
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…. The best recipe for baked ziti casserole.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook baked ziti using 15 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked ziti:
- Take 1 packages ziti pasta
- Get 1 lb ground beef cooked
- Get 1/4 medium onion, diced (@ 3 tablespoons)
- Get 8 oz mushrooms, sliced
- Take 3 clove garlic, chopped
- Prepare 28 oz can whole peeled can tomatoes in puree, roughly chopped
- Prepare 1 sprig fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp
- Get 1 sprig fresh basil or 1 tsp
- Prepare 1 fresh ground black pepper
- Take 1 kosher salt
- Get 1 pinch crushed red pepper or to taste
- Get 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan, divided
- Make ready 1/4 cup grated pecorino romano
- Make ready 1 lb fresh mozzarella, grated
- Take 1 lb ziti
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Instructions to make Baked ziti:
- Preheat oven to 400°F
- Cook pasta until tender but firm, about 6 minutes
- Cook burger in a medium sause pan
- Add onion and mushroom when burger is about halfway done
- Add garlic, cook for about 1 minute
- Add tomatoes, thyme and basil
- Bring to a boil
- Lower heat. simmer covered for 10 min
- Discard sprigs
- Stir in salt and pepper to taste
- Combine pasta and marinara sauce in a big bowl
- Add 1/4 cup of parmesan, pecorino, half the mozzarella
- Season with black pepper and red pepper
- Mix well
- Transfer the pasta to an oiled 9x13 inch baking dish
- Top with remaining mozzarella and parmesan
- Bake until lightly brown, about 25 minutes
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