Recipe of Homemade Baked Ziti

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, baked ziti. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Baked Ziti is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Baked Ziti is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baked ziti using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:

1. Make ready 1 lb Sausage (hot or mild)
2. Make ready 1 lb ground beef
3. Prepare 1/2 tsp onion powder
4. Take 1/2 tsp garlic powder
5. Get 1 pinch red pepper (optional)
6. Make ready 1 tsp italian seasoning
7. Get 3/4 box penne pasta
8. Make ready 2 can tomato sauce (24oz. each)
9. Make ready 3 cup italian blended cheese
10. Make ready 1/4 cup parmesan grated cheese
11. Make ready 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese

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. Because you don't have to wrestle pasta sheets or lasagna noodles or. 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.

Instructions to make Baked Ziti:

1. Boil water & cook pasta
2. Brown sausage (add red pepper while browning.) Drain.
3. Brown ground beef. (add onion & garlic powder while browning.) Drain.
4. In 9x13 pan, mix meats, pasta, cheeses & tomato sauce. Mix well.
5. Cover & bake at °400 for 40 mintues.
6. Uncover & sprinkle top with desired amount of cheese. Bake an additional 10-15 mintues uncovered.

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. This is seriously the Best Baked Ziti Ever. Your family is going to love the homemade meat sauce, and that ricotta and cream cheese topping takes it to the next level! This Baked Ziti is a classic Italian-American comfort food!

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