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Baked Ziti is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Baked Ziti is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have baked ziti using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:
- Make ready 1 lb dry ziti pasta
- Make ready 1 onion, chopped
- Take 1 lb italian sausage (or ground beef…I like ground sausage better)
- Take 2 tsp minced garlic
- Get 2 tsp italian seasoning
- Get 2 jars of spaghetti sauce (26 oz each)
- Prepare 6 oz provolone cheese (9-12 round slices)
- Take 1 1/2 cup sour cream
- Make ready 8 oz mozzarella cheese
- Prepare 1 grated parmesan cheese
- Take butter
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Instructions to make Baked Ziti:
- Cook pasta according to package.
- In a large skillet, brown onion and sausage ovef medium heat. Drain the fat. Add minced garlic and cook for a minute or so. Add spaghetti sauce and Italian seasoning and simmer for 15 mins.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9x13 baking dish. Layer as follows: 1/2 of the ziti, 1/2 of the sauce mixture, provolone cheese, sour cream, remaining ziti, remaining sauce mixture and then sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top then the grated parmesan cheese.
- Bake for 30 minutes in ghe preheated oven or until cheeses are melted. You may want to cover it for the first 20 minutes with foil and then let the cheese melt and brown for the last 10 minutes.
- Optional: Serve with garlic knots (our fav) or garlic toast. Enjoy!
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