Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, baked ziti. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Baked ziti is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Baked ziti is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baked ziti using 15 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked ziti:
- Get 1 packages ziti pasta
- Make ready 1 lb ground beef cooked
- Take 1/4 medium onion, diced (@ 3 tablespoons)
- Make ready 8 oz mushrooms, sliced
- Prepare 3 clove garlic, chopped
- Get 28 oz can whole peeled can tomatoes in puree, roughly chopped
- Make ready 1 sprig fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp
- Get 1 sprig fresh basil or 1 tsp
- Make ready 1 fresh ground black pepper
- Take 1 kosher salt
- Take 1 pinch crushed red pepper or to taste
- Make ready 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan, divided
- Get 1/4 cup grated pecorino romano
- Take 1 lb fresh mozzarella, grated
- Make ready 1 lb ziti
Some people just use tomato/marinara sauce. That, of course, would never fly in this house. Our baked ziti recipe is a dish all cooks should have in their repertoire. Baked macaroni dishes like ziti combine cooked pasta with a sauce, vegetable, and/or meat – and plenty of cheese.
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
All the ingredients are layered or tossed into a casserole dish and baked in the oven for less than an hour. It's a versatile dish that can be adapted in so many ways, including adding leftovers. Meat Sauce: Italian sausage adds a ton of flavor in this recipe but of you can use ground beef (or turkey). If you swap out the sausage, add extra seasonings or spices (and some chili flakes for heat). Pasta: Since this is a baked ziti casserole, I use ziti as the base but any medium pasta will work.
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