Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, baked ziti. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Baked Ziti is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Baked Ziti is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine 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.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have baked ziti using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:

1. Prepare 1 Pound Beef , ground
2. Take 16 Ounces Pasta Ziti
3. Prepare 1 (26 oz) Jar Spaghetti Sauce
4. Get 1 Clove Garlic
5. Get 1 Onion , chopped
6. Get 2 Cups Cheese Mozarella , shredded
7. Take Parmesan Cheese , grated

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.

Steps to make Baked Ziti:

1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. Cook pasta according to directions until al-dente. Drain.
3. Combine garlic, onion, and ground beef in a large skillet. Cook over medium heat until ground beef is brown. Drain any excess fat.
4. Add spaghetti sauce to meat mixture and simmer 3-5 minutes until heated through.
5. In a 9x13 baking dish or large casserole dish, put a small amount of meat/sauce mixture in the bottom to prevent burning.
6. Layer as follows: pasta, meat/sauce mixture, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, pasta, meat/sauce, 1 cup mozzarella cheese. Top off with a sprinkle (or more!) of grated parmesan cheese.
7. Bake for 30-40 minutes until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly.
8. Let stand about 5 minutes before serving.

Baked ziti is an Italian-American casserole of ziti noodles with Marinara Sauce, ricotta, and cheese. The combination of mozzarella and parmesan is our secret to making the BEST Baked Ziti! Our baked ziti recipe is a dish all cooks should have in their repertoire. 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.

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