Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, baked ziti. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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 is so much more than just a Bolognese pasta bake….
Baked Ziti is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Baked Ziti is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook baked ziti using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:
- Prepare 1 lb dry ziti pasta
- Prepare 1 onion, chopped
- Take 1 lb italian sausage (or ground beef…I like ground sausage better)
- Take 2 tsp minced garlic
- Prepare 2 tsp italian seasoning
- Take 2 jars of spaghetti sauce (26 oz each)
- Take 6 oz provolone cheese (9-12 round slices)
- Take 1 1/2 cup sour cream
- Get 8 oz mozzarella cheese
- Get 1 grated parmesan cheese
- Make ready butter
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Steps to make Baked Ziti:
- 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!
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