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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. You can cook Baked zitti using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Baked zitti

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

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. 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.

Baked zitti instructions

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.

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 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.