Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Baked Ziti

Baked Ziti. Find Deals on Ziti Pasta in Pasta & Noodles on Amazon. 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.

Baked Ziti 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. In a large saucepan, cook beef and onions over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. You can have Baked Ziti using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Baked Ziti

  1. Prepare 1 lb of dry ziti pasta.
  2. Prepare 1 of onion, chopped.
  3. Prepare 1 lb of lean ground beef.
  4. You need 2 of (26 oz) jars spaghetti sauce.
  5. It's 6 oz of provolone cheese, sliced.
  6. It's 1 1/2 cup of sour cream.
  7. You need 6 oz of mozzarella cheese, shredded.
  8. Prepare 2 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese.

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 is a classic baked pasta dish.

Baked Ziti instructions

  1. Bring large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti pasta and cook until all dente and drain.
  2. In large skillet, brown onions and found beef over medium heat. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer 15 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 350°F and butter 13x9 baking dish.
  4. Layer as follows: 1/2 cup ziti, provolone cheese, sour cream, 1/2 sauce mixture, remaining ziti, mozzarella cheese and remaining sauce mixture. Top with Parmesan.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes or until cheese is melted.

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. Baked macaroni dishes like ziti combine cooked pasta with a sauce, vegetable, and/or meat -- and plenty of cheese.

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