🍜Baked Ziti🍜 (Easy Pasta Casserole)

Name: How to cook 🍜Baked Ziti🍜 (Easy Pasta Casserole) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Irum Zaidi Home Cooking

🍜Baked Ziti🍜 (Easy Pasta Casserole)

Baked Ziti is an easy, saucy, and cheesy pasta casserole. It has all of the great flavors of Lasagna but is simple to prepare and serve as a pasta bake.

Ingredient

Food ration :

10 servings

Cooking time :

25min

1 lb

mozzarella cheese, shredded, divided

1 cup

grated parmesan cheese, divided

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Cook pasta in salted water according to package instructions until just aldente them drain (so not overcook since they will continue to cook in the oven).

* Step 2

In a deep pan or dutch oven, over medium-high heat, cook ground beef and onion, breaking up the beef with a spatula, until beef is fully cooked through and onions are softened (5-7 minutes). Add minced garlic, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper and sautee another minute. Add 5 cups marinara, bring to a simmer and continue cooking 5 minutes then turn off the heat.

* Step 3

Spread a ladle of meat sauce over the bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish. Into the remaining sauce, add chopped basil and spoon in ricotta. Add cooked pasta and stir just until noodles are coated (you want to keep that ricotta texture)

* Step 4

Transfer half of the pasta to the casserole dish. Top with 1/2 of shredded mozzarella and 1/2 grated parmesan. Add remaining pasta and top with remaining mozzarella and parmesan.

* Step 5

Clear the edges of the pan so the cheese doesn’t burn onto the dish. Bake at 350˚F for 25 minutes. Broil 1-2 minutes to brown the cheese. Let cool 5 minutes then garnish with basil if desired and serve.