Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, baked ziti. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Baked Ziti is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. 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 first prepare a few components. You can cook baked ziti using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:
- Get 1 lb Hot or sweet Italian turkey sausage
- Make ready 1 onion, chopped
- Prepare 3 clove sliced garlic
- Make ready 28 oz plain diced tomatoes
- Make ready 15 oz tomato sauce
- Make ready 2 tsp sugar
- Take 1/4 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper
- Get 14 1/2 oz basil and oregano diced tomatoes
- Take 1 tsp dried basil leaves or half cup fresh basil chopped
- Prepare 16 oz Ziti
- Prepare 8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
- Make ready 1 packages sliced provolone
- Get 1/4 cup grated parmesan or romano cheese
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Steps to make Baked Ziti:
- Preheat the oven to 375. Crumble the sausage into a 3 quart saucepan. Cook for 8 minutes or until no pink remains. Drain the fat.
- In another pot, add the onion and saute for about 4 minutes until soft. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the plain tomatoes with their juice. Stir in the sauce, sugar, salt, and pepper. Simmer, stirring occasionally for 20 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, and stir in the sausage, seasoned tomatoes, and the basil.
- Boil the Ziti, drain, then return to the pot. Coat the Ziti in just enough sauce to coat it. Layer half of the Ziti in a 13 by 9 pan. Top with the provolone overlapping the slices as needed. Add the rest of the Ziti, then the mozzarella cheese. Pour the last of the sauce over the top and sprinkle with parmesan and romano cheese. Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes until bubbly around the edges and lightly brown. Let it cool for 10 minutes and enjoy!
- Optional: save some of the mozzarella as a topping and add extra seasonings on top before placing it in the oven.
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