How to Make Appetizing Baked Ziti
Baked Ziti. Try RICOTTA CHEESE instead of sour cream and skip the provolone for a real Italian version of Baked Ziti. Mix an egg into a pound of ricotta to make it nice and creamy, and toss with the ziti. Layer sauce first (so you don't need to butter the pan), then ziti/cheese, mozzarella, sprinkle with parm and a little dried oregano or basil, then.
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. 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. You can have Baked Ziti using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Baked Ziti
- It's 1 box of 8oz Ziti Noodles.
- You need 1 jar of of sauce.
- You need 1/2 cup of Mozzarella or fresh Parmesan.
- It's 1 packages of italian sausage links or ground beef.
- You need 1 clove of garlic or 1 half tablespoon.
- Prepare 1 loaf of Italian baguette or favorite bread to make garlic bread.
- You need 2 of Roma tomatoes sliced.
- You need 1 of olive oil.
- It's 1 of salt and pepper to taste.
- You need 3/4 cup of water.
- It's 3/4 cup of shredded mozzarella.
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 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.
Baked Ziti step by step
- Boil pasta as directed and cook sausage links or ground beef.
- Add sauce, sliced sausage link, chopped garlic, parmesan salt and pepper water and mix then pour into 9"x13" greased baking pan.
- Arrange garlic bread on mixture and sprinkle mozzarella over it.
- Put olive oil in small bowl and toss tomatoes then place tomatoes on top of bread and bake on 400 for 25 minutes or until heated. Let sit for five minutes before serving.
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. 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.
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