Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, speedy baked ziti. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
As the name of this recipe suggests, this is the fastest way to make really good baked ziti. The key is to doctor good-quality jarred tomato sauce, like Rao's, with ground meat, onion, garlic and. Our POLLY-O® Speedy Ziti has only three easy steps. Well, four steps if you count taking a bow when you serve it.
Speedy Baked Ziti is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Speedy Baked Ziti is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have speedy baked ziti using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Speedy Baked Ziti:
- Prepare 1 lb penne or other pasta
- Take 1 lb chicken sausage or ground meat
- Make ready 13 oz fat free ricotta
- Prepare 24 oz marinara sauce
- Make ready 8 oz shredded mozzarella
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan set over high heat. Cook pasta according to package directions. In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Drain pasta; add to cheese mixture and stir until blended.
Instructions to make Speedy Baked Ziti:
- Cook pasta al dente
- Cook meat
- Mix sauce into pasta in the pot.
- Add ricotta to pot with pasta and sauce and mix together.
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Spray baking dish and add half of pasta mixture. Sprinkle with half the cheese and add meat. Cover with the rest of the pasta mixture.
- Bake uncovered for 15min. Remove from oven and add remaining cheese. Add red pepper and additional sauce to taste.
In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Drain pasta; add to cheese mixture and stir until blended. While baked ziti has roots in Italy (oven-baked pastas, or "pasta al forno," have been made in Italy for centuries), it's a decidedly Italian-American dish. The comforting casserole is a go-to for potlucks, a staple on restaurant menus, and the centerpiece of many Sunday dinners. Spaghetti sauce and three kinds of Italian cheeses make a surprisingly quick and budget-friendly baked ziti that's perfect for a weeknight meal.
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