Recipe: Tasty Baked zitti

Baked zitti. We're going where no other leading meal kit company has. Cook the ziti until not quite al dente. Baked Ziti is a classic baked pasta dish.

That, of course, would never fly in this house. This baked ziti is layered almost like a lasagna to ensure every bite has enough creamy ricotta, stringy mozzarella and tangy tomato sauce. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. You can have Baked zitti using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Baked zitti

1. You need 1 lb of ground beef.
2. You need 8 oz of can of tomato sauce.
3. You need 16 oz of pre pared spaghetti sauce.
4. Prepare 16 oz of fire roasted tomatoes.
5. You need 2 tsp of minced garlic.
6. It's 1 cup of ricotta cheese.
7. It's 2 cup of italien blend shredded cheese.
8. You need 1 box of uncooked Zitti pasta.
9. Prepare 16 oz of of water.
10. You need 1 tsp of each of garlic powder onion powder sea salt black pepper.

Baked macaroni dishes like ziti combine cooked pasta with a sauce, vegetable, and/or meat -- and plenty of cheese. All the ingredients are layered or tossed into a casserole dish and baked in the oven for less than an hour. It's a versatile dish that can be adapted in so many ways, including adding leftovers. Baked Ziti is a classic Italian American comfort food of pasta baked with sausage, tomato sauce and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses.

Baked zitti step by step

1. Combine all of the dry ingredients, minced garlic and ground beef in a skillet and cook until no longer pink.
2. Combine tomato sauce, pasta sauce and fire roasted tomatoes to meat mixter and bring to a boil.
3. In a 11 by 13 baking dish or a disposable aluminum foil pan add dry pasta and mix with ricotta cheese until well incorporated.
4. Add tomato sauce, water and meat mixture and Italian blend cheese to pasta mix well.
5. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour.
6. Remove foil and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

Baked ziti can become dry for several reasons. 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? The Versatility of Baked Ziti At its core, baked ziti is just a pasta casserole, but one that's a potluck favorite because it can be a hearty side dish or do duty as the main course.