Easiest Way to Cook Yummy Baked Ziti
Baked Ziti. Baked Ziti - classic Italian American comfort food of pasta baked with sausage, tomato sauce and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses. 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.
Layered PAM sprayed Pyrex baking dishes like so. Which brings me back to baked ziti. Most recipes include ricotta, but when I talked Second, it solved the gritty texture of ziti made with ricrappa. You can have Baked Ziti using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Baked Ziti
- You need 1 lb of dry ziti pasta.
- Prepare 1 of onion, chopped.
- Prepare 1 lb of italian sausage (or ground beef...I like ground sausage better).
- You need 2 tsp of minced garlic.
- It's 2 tsp of italian seasoning.
- You need 2 of jars of spaghetti sauce (26 oz each).
- It's 6 oz of provolone cheese (9-12 round slices).
- You need 1 1/2 cup of sour cream.
- It's 8 oz of mozzarella cheese.
- You need 1 of grated parmesan cheese.
- You need of butter.
The thing that ricotta adds to a baked ziti is creaminess. The best recipe for baked ziti casserole. Cook the ziti until not quite al dente. Baked Ziti Is Lasagna's Chill, Laid-Back Cousin.
Baked Ziti instructions
- Cook pasta according to package..
- In a large skillet, brown onion and sausage ovef medium heat. Drain the fat. Add minced garlic and cook for a minute or so. Add spaghetti sauce and Italian seasoning and simmer for 15 mins..
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9x13 baking dish. Layer as follows: 1/2 of the ziti, 1/2 of the sauce mixture, provolone cheese, sour cream, remaining ziti, remaining sauce mixture and then sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top then the grated parmesan cheese..
- Bake for 30 minutes in ghe preheated oven or until cheeses are melted. You may want to cover it for the first 20 minutes with foil and then let the cheese melt and brown for the last 10 minutes..
- Optional: Serve with garlic knots (our fav) or garlic toast. Enjoy!.
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 easy baked ziti recipe is made with homemade marinara sauce, creamy ricotta, basil, and lots of mozzarella cheese! I turn to this easy baked ziti recipe anytime I'm serving a crowd. 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.
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