Recipe: Perfect Baked Ziti

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Baked Ziti Cook the ziti until not quite al dente. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan set over high heat. Add the pasta and cook at a rolling boil, uncovered, until the pasta is al dente—edible but still a little firm to the bite. You can cook Baked Ziti using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Baked Ziti

  1. Prepare 1 lb of Sausage (hot or mild).
  2. It's 1 lb of ground beef.
  3. Prepare 1/2 tsp of onion powder.
  4. It's 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.
  5. Prepare 1 pinch of red pepper (optional).
  6. It's 1 tsp of italian seasoning.
  7. Prepare 3/4 box of penne pasta.
  8. It's 2 can of tomato sauce (24oz. each).
  9. Prepare 3 cup of italian blended cheese.
  10. You need 1/4 cup of parmesan grated cheese.
  11. Prepare 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese.

In a large saucepan, cook beef and onions over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Baked ziti can become dry for several reasons. When assembling the dish, be sure to cover the pasta with enough of the sauce so that the noodles don't dry out. Also, to prevent moisture from evaporating while cooking, cover the dish tightly with foil.

Baked Ziti step by step

  1. Boil water & cook pasta.
  2. Brown sausage (add red pepper while browning.) Drain..
  3. Brown ground beef. (add onion & garlic powder while browning.) Drain..
  4. In 9x13 pan, mix meats, pasta, cheeses & tomato sauce. Mix well..
  5. Cover & bake at °400 for 40 mintues..
  6. Uncover & sprinkle top with desired amount of cheese. Bake an additional 10-15 mintues uncovered..

Baked Ziti is a classic baked pasta dish. 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, then you use mostaciolli noodles. 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.

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