Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, baked ziti with sausage. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Baked Ziti with Sausage. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Baked Ziti - classic Italian American comfort food of pasta baked with sausage, tomato sauce and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses. Ziti is a pretty common pasta shape in most areas, but you can substitute penne pasta if you can't find it.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have baked ziti with sausage using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti with Sausage:

1. Get 1 lb pasta
2. Take 1 olive oil
3. Prepare 1 lb bulk sausage
4. Take 1 large onion, chopped
5. Get 4 clove garlic, minced
6. Get 1 tbsp italian seasoning
7. Take 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
8. Take 32 oz marinara sauce
9. Take 8 oz mozzarella cheese
10. Make ready 15 oz part-skim ricotta
11. Get 1/2 cup parmesan, grated
12. Get 1 tbsp fresh basil or rosemary, minced

Serve this satisfying Baked Ziti with Sausage just once, and your kids are sure to request it again and again. Baked Ziti with Sausage is as comforting as it is satisfying. Made with spicy Italian sausage and molten mozzarella, this baked pasta fills the house. A combination of sausage and pancetta delivery rich meaty flavor to the ziti while the addition of fresh basil gives it a delicious touch of brightness.

Instructions to make Baked Ziti with Sausage:

1. Cook pasta until al dente in salted water (~1 tbsp salt).
2. Toss pasta with drizzle of olive oil to prevent sticking.
3. Heat 1-2 tbsp oil over med-high heat and brown sausage well.
4. When meat is almost done, add onions and cook 4-5 minutes until translucent and starting to brown.
5. Add garlic and herbs and cook 1 minute more.
6. Stir in sauce and bring to simmer.
7. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread thin layer of sauce in bottom of casserole dish and dot with ricotta. Ladle some sauce into pasta to coat. Add 1/2 of pasta to dish and cover with more sauce and dots of ricotta. Repeat with remaining.
8. Sprinkle top with mozzarella and parmesan. Bake until brown and bubbly, about 20 minutes.

Think of it as Italian comfort food that sticks to your bones. Or a super easy lasagna with more flexibility. I started by browning a good quality Italian sausage with chopped onion. The purest will insist it is not baked ziti without ziti pasta. But you and I can call it anything we want.

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