Awesome cheesy baked ziti
Awesome cheesy baked ziti

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, awesome cheesy baked ziti. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have awesome cheesy baked ziti using 12 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Awesome cheesy baked ziti:
  1. Take 1 box ziti or penne noodles
  2. Take 1 lb sour cream
  3. Take 1 lb ground beef
  4. Get 2 can jar spaghetti sauce
  5. Prepare 6 oz shredded mozzarella
  6. Take 3 tbsp shredded parmesan cheese
  7. Prepare 1 medium onion, chopped
  8. Make ready 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
  9. Prepare fresh ground pepper
  10. Get 2 tbsp balsamic or red wine vinegar
  11. Make ready 1 tsp garlic powder
  12. Take 16 each sliced provolone cheese

Place the ziti in a large bowl. Mix with the ricotta and half of the mozzarella. Mix the oregano and the paprika into the spaghetti sauce. Pour half of the spaghetti sauce on the bottom of the pan.

Instructions to make Awesome cheesy baked ziti:
  1. Line a 9 x 13 (or larger) casserole pan with Reynolds casserole liner foil/paper. If you don't have this make sure to coat pan with cooking spray.
  2. Boil pasta until al dente, drain and set aside.
  3. In a large skillet brown the ground beef.
  4. Add chopped onions to the ground beef and saute until the onions are translucent.
  5. Drain beef mixture in a colander, set aside.
  6. Add 2 jars of your favorite spaghetti sauce, beef mixture and 2 tablespoons of vinegar to the skillet. Set aside.
  7. In medium mixing bowl stir together the sour cream, parmesan and mozzarella cheeses, Italian seasoning, ground pepper and 1tsp garlic powder.
  8. Drizzle a small amount add the spaghetti sauce mixture in the bottom of the lined pan to keep pasta from sticking.
  9. Place half the pasta in the pan.
  10. Layer half of the sauce mixture on top of the pasta.
  11. Lay eight slices of provolone cheese to cover the sauce mixture.
  12. Soon half the sour cream/cheese mixture over the provolone and spread out.
  13. Layer the last of the noodles, then sauce mixture, then 8 slices of provolone and last of the sour cream/cheese mixture.
  14. Bake in a 350° pre-heated oven for 30 minutes or until sauce is bubbly and cheese is melted.

Add the ziti mixture and cover with the remaining sauce. In another bowl (or bag), toss together the mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. I like making Baked Ziti over lasagna or stuffed shells because you don't have to layer it or fill the shells. It's quick, simple and a filling main dish. Try RICOTTA CHEESE instead of sour cream and skip the provolone for a real Italian version of Baked Ziti.

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