How to Cook Delicious 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.

Baked Ziti 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 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Baked Ziti

  1. It's 2 lbs of penne pasta.
  2. Prepare 1 1/2 lbs of ground beef.
  3. It's 24 oz of tomato sauce.
  4. Prepare 4 1/2 cups of ricotta cheese.
  5. You need 4 cups of mozzarella cheese (shredded).
  6. Prepare 1 cup of parmesan cheese.
  7. Prepare 2 of eggs.
  8. Prepare 4 tbsp of parsley.
  9. It's 1 tbsp of salt.
  10. Prepare 1 tsp of black pepper.
  11. It's 1 tsp of oregano.
  12. You need 1/4 cup of halved pepperoni slices (optional).

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 step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Boil water. Add some salt (about 1 tbsp) to flavor the pasta as it cooks. Once it boils, add pasta and cook for 15 minutes. Once pasta is done cooking, mix in a bit of sauce to keep it from sticking..
  3. Heat a pan at medium heat, add the beef and some water (maybe 2 cups or so). Brown the chopped meat. This will take about 10 minutes - you’ll know it’s done when the juice is clear..
  4. Then drain it. Once the meat cools a bit, break it up into small pieces if it isn’t already..
  5. Get a large foil roast pan and coat the bottom with about 1/4 cup of sauce..
  6. In a large bowl, mix together the meat and all ingredients, except the cooked pasta. Leave a little bit of sauce to the side to drizzle over the top later..
  7. After the meat, cheeses, eggs, and seasonings are mixed well, add the pasta and mix well again..
  8. Put the ziti in the baking pan. Sprinkle some extra mozzarella and parmesan cheese (maybe 2 handfuls of each) over the top layer. Then drizzle the last of the sauce over top..
  9. Cover the pan with foil and cook in the oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Then, take off the foil and cook for another 20 minutes or so..

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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