Recipe: Perfect Baked Ziti

Baked Ziti. Cook the ziti until not quite al dente. Toss the cooked pasta with the quick tomato sauce, cubed mozzarella, half the Parmesan, all of the black pepper and crushed red pepper in a large bowl. Transfer the pasta to the prepared baking.

When assembling the dish, be sure to cover the pasta with enough of the sauce so that the noodles don't dry out. Also, to prevent moisture from evaporating while cooking, cover the dish tightly with foil. What can I add to this recipe? You can cook Baked Ziti using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Baked Ziti

1. It's 2 box of Ziti.
2. Prepare 2 lb of Ground Beef.
3. It's 1 of onion.
4. Prepare 1 of bell pepper.
5. It's 1 clove of garlic.
6. It's 1 can of tomato sauce.
7. You need 1 lb of mozzarella cheese (shredded ).
8. You need 2 lb of ricotta cheese.

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, then you use mostaciolli noodles. Some people just use tomato/marinara sauce. That, of course, would never fly in this house.

Baked Ziti instructions

1. Cook the ground beef until t you don't see raw meat..
2. You chop up the onion, garlic and bell pepper into chuck ( can be as big or small as you want)..
3. Add the chopped vegetables into the ground beef and cook until brown.Then add the tomato sauce.
4. Let the meat sause simmer and boil a large pot of water (lightly salted )..
5. Once the water come to a boil you add the ziti and stir it until it become the ziti become soft..
6. Drain the water from the ziti then mix the ziti and meat sauce together.
7. Once the ziti is mix together you can layer the ziti into a large baking pan with the shreed Mozilla cheese and ricotta cheese..
8. Just keep laying the ziti and cheese's like a lasagna until everything is in one pan..
9. Place the pan into the oven for 30 minutes to a hour or until all the top become crispy..

Baked Ziti is a classic Italian American comfort food of pasta baked with sausage, tomato sauce and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses. This baked ziti is layered almost like a lasagna to ensure every bite has enough creamy ricotta, stringy mozzarella and tangy tomato sauce. Cook ziti according to package directions; drain; set aside. Mix cooked sausage and pasta in with ricotta mixture. Top with the rest of the sauce and mozarella cheese.