Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, baked ziti. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked ziti using 15 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked ziti:
- Make ready 1 packages ziti pasta
- Make ready 1 lb ground beef cooked
- Prepare 1/4 medium onion, diced (@ 3 tablespoons)
- Prepare 8 oz mushrooms, sliced
- Get 3 clove garlic, chopped
- Prepare 28 oz can whole peeled can tomatoes in puree, roughly chopped
- Make ready 1 sprig fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp
- Take 1 sprig fresh basil or 1 tsp
- Prepare 1 fresh ground black pepper
- Take 1 kosher salt
- Make ready 1 pinch crushed red pepper or to taste
- Make ready 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan, divided
- Prepare 1/4 cup grated pecorino romano
- Get 1 lb fresh mozzarella, grated
- Get 1 lb ziti
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Steps to make Baked ziti:
- Preheat oven to 400°F
- Cook pasta until tender but firm, about 6 minutes
- Cook burger in a medium sause pan
- Add onion and mushroom when burger is about halfway done
- Add garlic, cook for about 1 minute
- Add tomatoes, thyme and basil
- Bring to a boil
- Lower heat. simmer covered for 10 min
- Discard sprigs
- Stir in salt and pepper to taste
- Combine pasta and marinara sauce in a big bowl
- Add 1/4 cup of parmesan, pecorino, half the mozzarella
- Season with black pepper and red pepper
- Mix well
- Transfer the pasta to an oiled 9x13 inch baking dish
- Top with remaining mozzarella and parmesan
- Bake until lightly brown, about 25 minutes
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