How to Prepare Homemade Baked Ziti

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Baked Ziti is a classic Italian American comfort food of pasta baked with sausage, tomato sauce and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses. This easy baked ziti recipe is made with homemade marinara sauce, creamy ricotta, basil, and lots of mozzarella cheese! I turn to this easy baked ziti recipe anytime I'm serving a crowd. Baked Ziti is so much more than just a Bolognese pasta bake….

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baked ziti using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:

1. Make ready 1 tbsp. olive oil
2. Make ready 1/2 yellow onion, diced
3. Prepare 3 cloves garlic, minced
4. Make ready 1 lb. ground beef
5. Prepare 1 lb. ziti noodles
6. Get 1 can (28 oz.) unsalted crushed tomatoes
7. Take 1 can (14.5 oz.) unsalted diced tomatoes
8. Prepare 1 can (8 oz.) unsalted tomato sauce
9. Get 2 tsp. each sugar, dried basil
10. Make ready 1 tsp. each salt, Italian seasoning
11. Get 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
12. Prepare 1 container (15 oz.) ricotta cheese
13. Take 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
14. Take 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese

Lasagna and baked ziti share a lot of the same ingredients, but I find that baked ziti is a lot easier to throw together and serve. Because you don't have to wrestle pasta sheets or lasagna noodles or. 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.

Instructions to make Baked Ziti:

1. In a large pot, heat the olive oil over med-low heat. Once its hot, add the onion and cook, stirring frequently, until translucent. Then stir in the garlic and cook another 2 or so minutes, until fragrant. Add the ground beef and cook until no longer pink, breaking it apart as you cook. Drain out any excess fat, if needed.
2. Add all of the canned tomatoes, seasonings and sugar. Once it comes to a simmer, reduce the heat down to low, then let it simmer lightly for 15 or so minutes, while you cook the pasta.
3. In a seperate large pot, heat up salted water over high heat. Once it comes to a boil, cook the pasta according to the package directions, then drain it, toss lightly with a splash of olive oil and return it to the empty pot. Toss the ricotta cheese with the hot pasta. Then stir in all but about a cup or so of the sauce and toss it all together.
4. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x13" baking pan. Spread half of the pasta mixture out into the pan. Then sprinkle half the mozzarella and parmesan cheese over the top of it. Top with the remaining pasta, then spread the remaining sauce evenly over the top, especially around the edges. Top with the remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
5. Bake uncovered for 30 or so minutes, until heated through and the cheese over the top has started to brown. Serve immediately and enjoy!

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