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Baked Ziti - classic Italian American comfort food of pasta baked with sausage, tomato sauce and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses. Ziti is a pretty common pasta shape in most areas, but you can substitute penne pasta if you can't find it. You want a substantial short pasta shape with places to hold.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have loaded meaty baked ziti using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Loaded Meaty Baked Ziti:

1. Prepare 12 oz box of ziti
2. Take 1/2 pound ground mild country sausage
3. Prepare 1/2 pound ground beef
4. Make ready 2/3 cup diced pepperoni (optionally diced salami)
5. Make ready 1 medium onion diced
6. Take 2 Bell peppers diced
7. Take 6-8 oz mushrooms sliced
8. Take 4 cloves garlic minced
9. Make ready 1 large can crushed tomatoes
10. Make ready 2 tablespoons tomato paste
11. Make ready 1/4 cup red wine
12. Take 2 tablespoons dried oregano
13. Get 1 tablespoon basil
14. Make ready 1 teaspoon garlic powder
15. Get 2 cups mozzarella
16. Make ready 2 cups Italian cheese blend

Baked ziti is probably the best thing since sliced bread, at least in my humble opinion. It's like lasagna but without all the fuss. I prefer a nice meaty sauce, but that's just me. Ingredients You Need For Baked Ziti.

Steps to make Loaded Meaty Baked Ziti:

1. While you boil water and cook your pasta, Put the onion and bell pepper into a deep skillet with olive oil, over medium heat for 3-4 min. Add mushrooms and cook until vegetables are soft.(another 3-4 min)
2. Take out vegetables, put in minced garlic cook for 1 min, and brown beef and sausage in the same skillet adding the pepperoni when the beef and sausage are almost brown. Drain the grease.
3. Add vegetables back to the skillet along with the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, wine, oregano, basil, and garlic powder. Stir together and bring to a simmer. (If sauce is too thick add a little of the water from boiling the noodles, or a bit more wine.)
4. Combine sauce with noodles, mix well, pour half into a large baking dish and cover with mozzarella cheese. Pour other half on top and cover with cheese blend. (I use provolone, fontina, parmesan and romano), bake for 25-30 minutes at 375° or until cheese is golden brown on top.
5. Serve with grated Parmesan. This dish is even better the next day!

Baked Ziti should be all about that sauce. I like my sauce meaty and loaded with tons of. Million dollar baked ziti is classically known for a creamy middle layer of cheesy goodness, sandwiched between meaty pasta sauce and topped with even more cheese on top. As usual, we make meatless baked ziti around here, so this recipe is vegetarian. Baked ziti is one of those classic Italian pastas that we have to order whenever we see it.

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