Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, baked ziti. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Baked Ziti - classic Italian American comfort food of pasta baked with sausage, tomato sauce and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses. Baked Ziti is so much more than just a Bolognese pasta bake…. It's a big, juicy baked pasta that's loaded with flavour from a healthy dose of seasonings and topped with a generous amount of cheese.

Baked Ziti is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Baked Ziti is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked ziti using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:

1. Prepare 1 lb Hot or sweet Italian turkey sausage
2. Make ready 1 onion, chopped
3. Make ready 3 clove sliced garlic
4. Take 28 oz plain diced tomatoes
5. Prepare 15 oz tomato sauce
6. Get 2 tsp sugar
7. Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
8. Take 1/4 tsp pepper
9. Take 14 1/2 oz basil and oregano diced tomatoes
10. Make ready 1 tsp dried basil leaves or half cup fresh basil chopped
11. Prepare 16 oz Ziti
12. Take 8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
13. Prepare 1 packages sliced provolone
14. Make ready 1/4 cup grated parmesan or romano cheese

Baked Ziti Is Lasagna's Chill, Laid-Back Cousin. 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. This vegetable packed vegetarian Baked Ziti is the ultimate weeknight dinner. Baked ziti is like lasagna's laid back sister.

Instructions to make Baked Ziti:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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!
4. Optional: save some of the mozzarella as a topping and add extra seasonings on top before placing it in the oven.

No fussing with perfectly fitting the noodles or cooking the bechamel. This Baked Ziti is a classic Italian-American comfort food! It's easy to make, perfect for a weeknight meal or a special occasion. Tender pieces of ziti noodles, delicious meat sauce. I highly suggest dividing the leftovers into single servings so they Like a freeform lasagna, this Baked Ziti has layers of pasta, homemade red.

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