Baked Ziti
Baked Ziti

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, baked ziti. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Baked Ziti is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Baked Ziti is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Try RICOTTA CHEESE instead of sour cream and skip the provolone for a real Italian version of Baked Ziti. Mix an egg into a pound of ricotta to make it nice and creamy, and toss with the ziti. Layer sauce first (so you don't need to butter the pan), then ziti/cheese, mozzarella, sprinkle with parm and a little dried oregano or basil, then. Cook the ziti until not quite al dente.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have baked ziti using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:
  1. Get 1 lb ziti noodles
  2. Get 4 C tomato-meat sauce
  3. Make ready 8 oz spinach
  4. Take 5 roma tomatoes; thick julienne & halved
  5. Prepare 2 roasted red bell peppers; thick julienne & halved
  6. Get 2 C mozzarella
  7. Prepare 1/2 C grated parmesean
  8. Prepare 1 t crushed pepper flakes
  9. Take 3/4 oz basil; chiffonade
  10. Take 1/2 bundle parsley; chiffonade
  11. Take 1 large pinch kosher salt

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. 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.

Instructions to make Baked Ziti:
  1. Heat tomato-meat sauce in a seperate sauce pot to a simmer.
  2. Boil noodles in salted water until al dente. Drain.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, combine cooked noodles, 1 C mozzarella, tomatoes, pepper flakes, roasted bell peppers, spinach, parsley, and basil. Add a pinch of salt. Mix together. Transfer to a large casserole dish. Sprinkle remaining cheese atop.
  4. Bake uncovered at 350° for approximately 15- 20 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.
  5. Variations; Rosemary, thyme, sherry, balsamic, slivered or roasted garlic, fire roasted diced tomatoes, red wine, red wine vinegar, red onion, fennel, bacon, oregano, zucchini, pancetta, arugula, other colors roasted bell peppers, raw bell pepper, bacon, oregano, yellow squash, capers, celery, scallions, fennel, sopressata, salami, capicola, pastrami, ham, pepperoni, sausage, goat cheese, pecorino, ricotta, romano, gruyere, parmigiano reggiano, jalapeños, paprika, chives, eggplant, leeks, pepperjack cheese, mushrooms, olives, sage, savory, shallots, tarragon, chervil, marjoram, extra virgin olive oil

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. Our baked ziti recipe is a dish all cooks should have in their repertoire.

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