Hello, I am Marie. Today, I will show you a way to prepare baked ziti recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a simple recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit more unique. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Baked Ziti Recipe
Baked Ziti is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Baked Ziti is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baked ziti using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:
- Get 2 lbs penne pasta
- Prepare 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
- Make ready 24 oz tomato sauce
- Take 4 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
- Prepare 4 cups mozzarella cheese (shredded)
- Prepare 1 cup parmesan cheese
- Make ready 2 eggs
- Get 4 tbsp parsley
- Make ready 1 tbsp salt
- Make ready 1 tsp black pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp oregano
- Make ready 1/4 cup halved pepperoni slices (optional)
Instructions to make Baked Ziti:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Boil water. Add some salt (about 1 tbsp) to flavor the pasta as it cooks. Once it boils, add pasta and cook for 15 minutes. Once pasta is done cooking, mix in a bit of sauce to keep it from sticking.
- Heat a pan at medium heat, add the beef and some water (maybe 2 cups or so). Brown the chopped meat. This will take about 10 minutes - you’ll know it’s done when the juice is clear.
- Then drain it. Once the meat cools a bit, break it up into small pieces if it isn’t already.
- Get a large foil roast pan and coat the bottom with about 1/4 cup of sauce.
- In a large bowl, mix together the meat and all ingredients, except the cooked pasta. Leave a little bit of sauce to the side to drizzle over the top later.
- After the meat, cheeses, eggs, and seasonings are mixed well, add the pasta and mix well again.
- Put the ziti in the baking pan. Sprinkle some extra mozzarella and parmesan cheese (maybe 2 handfuls of each) over the top layer. Then drizzle the last of the sauce over top.
- Cover the pan with foil and cook in the oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Then, take off the foil and cook for another 20 minutes or so.
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