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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook baked ziti using 15 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked ziti:
- Make ready 1 packages ziti pasta
- Get 1 lb ground beef cooked
- Get 1/4 medium onion, diced (@ 3 tablespoons)
- Make ready 8 oz mushrooms, sliced
- Take 3 clove garlic, chopped
- Take 28 oz can whole peeled can tomatoes in puree, roughly chopped
- Get 1 sprig fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp
- Take 1 sprig fresh basil or 1 tsp
- Make ready 1 fresh ground black pepper
- Prepare 1 kosher salt
- Make ready 1 pinch crushed red pepper or to taste
- Prepare 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan, divided
- Take 1/4 cup grated pecorino romano
- Make ready 1 lb fresh mozzarella, grated
- Prepare 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. 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. While Baked Ziti is an Italian American dish, it has Italian origins - pasta bakes like this have existed in Italy for centuries!
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
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. While Baked Ziti is an Italian American dish, it has Italian origins - pasta bakes like this have existed in Italy for centuries! 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.
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