Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, baked ziti. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Baked ziti is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Baked ziti is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have baked ziti using 15 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked ziti:
- Make ready 1 packages ziti pasta
- Prepare 1 lb ground beef cooked
- Get 1/4 medium onion, diced (@ 3 tablespoons)
- Get 8 oz mushrooms, sliced
- Prepare 3 clove garlic, chopped
- Prepare 28 oz can whole peeled can tomatoes in puree, roughly chopped
- Get 1 sprig fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp
- Make ready 1 sprig fresh basil or 1 tsp
- Make ready 1 fresh ground black pepper
- Prepare 1 kosher salt
- Take 1 pinch crushed red pepper or to taste
- Take 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan, divided
- Make ready 1/4 cup grated pecorino romano
- Take 1 lb fresh mozzarella, grated
- Get 1 lb ziti
Toss the cooked pasta with the marinara sauce, cubed mozzarella, half the Parmesan cheese, black pepper, and pepper flakes. Cover the top of the pasta with the sliced mozzarella, and sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan. Ziti is a pretty common pasta shape in most areas, but you can substitute penne pasta if you can't find it. You want a substantial short pasta shape with places to hold the sauce and meat.
Instructions to make Baked ziti:
- Preheat oven to 400°F
- Cook pasta until tender but firm, about 6 minutes
- Cook burger in a medium sause pan
- Add onion and mushroom when burger is about halfway done
- Add garlic, cook for about 1 minute
- Add tomatoes, thyme and basil
- Bring to a boil
- Lower heat. simmer covered for 10 min
- Discard sprigs
- Stir in salt and pepper to taste
- Combine pasta and marinara sauce in a big bowl
- Add 1/4 cup of parmesan, pecorino, half the mozzarella
- Season with black pepper and red pepper
- Mix well
- Transfer the pasta to an oiled 9x13 inch baking dish
- Top with remaining mozzarella and parmesan
- Bake until lightly brown, about 25 minutes
Ziti is a pretty common pasta shape in most areas, but you can substitute penne pasta if you can't find it. You want a substantial short pasta shape with places to hold the sauce and meat. You can assemble this ahead, and either refrigerate or freeze before you do the final baking. If you freeze, thaw in the refrigerator overnight before baking. Baked Ziti is an American classic pasta bake made with a tomato based meat sauce similar to Bolognese. "Ziti" is a type of pasta that looks like penne, except it's got a smooth surface rather than ridges.
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