Baked Ziti Variation
Baked Ziti Variation

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, baked ziti variation. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook baked ziti variation using 24 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti Variation:
  1. Make ready spaghetti or tomato sauce
  2. Take Ground beef
  3. Take spicy Italian sausage
  4. Get tri color Garden Rotini Pasta
  5. Get ricotta cheese
  6. Take grated parmesan cheese
  7. Prepare grated Extra sharp white cheddar cheese
  8. Take grated Monterey jack cheese
  9. Prepare crumbled feta cheese
  10. Take sliced mozzarella cheese
  11. Prepare merlot red wine
  12. Take garlic (minced)
  13. Take eggs (whisked)
  14. Take fresh basil (chopped)
  15. Prepare oregano (chopped)
  16. Make ready rosemary (chopped)
  17. Take thyme (chopped)
  18. Make ready parsley (chopped)
  19. Prepare Extra virgin olive oil
  20. Take mushrooms (minced)
  21. Get lemon pepper
  22. Get White or black pepper
  23. Get Sweet chili powder
  24. Take crushed sea salt
Steps to make Baked Ziti Variation:
  1. In small sauce pan, saute mushrooms, garlic, rosemary and thyme with olive oil. carefully add merlot. and let simmer for 20 mins.
  2. in large sauce pan with medium heat, add spaghetti sauce, oregano. carefully add ingredients from saute pan into sauce. let simmer for 45 mins to an hour or more depending on preference.
  3. brown the ground beef and spicy sausage and drain grease, then set aside.
  4. in large mixing bowl, add ricotta, eggs, basil, parsley, cheddar, jack, parmesan, feta and dry seasonings, with large spoon mix until blended.
  5. boil dry pasta for 6 minutes until al-dente or use fresh and then mix with spaghetti sauce until covered.
  6. preheat oven to 350
  7. in 2 13x9 deep baking or casserole pans layer pasta on bottom, then layer ground beef and sausage then cover with ricotta cheese mix, then layer again with pasta topped with slices of mozzarella. do the same for both. bake in oven for 45 mins or until cheese bubbles on top or for 75 mins if you like your top layer slightly crunchy. let cool for 5 mins, dish out and enjoy with a side of garlic toast and a glass of red wine.

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