Zippity Do Dah Baked Ziti Recipes

ZIPPITY-DO-DAH BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cook ziti according to package. Drain.
• Cook italian sausage along with garlic and onion until browned. Drain. Return sausage mixture to pan. Add in spaghetti sauce, sugar, and spices. Stir.
• Combine sour cream and cottage cheese.
• Grease 13x9 with cooking spray.
• Layer in the pan 1/2 of noodles, 1/2 of sauce, all of the provolone, all of the sour cream/cottage cheese mixture, 2nd 1/2 of noodles, 2nd half of sauce, mozzarella, and parmesan.
• Bake in oven for 20-30 minutes or until heated through and cheeses are melted.

BAKED ZITI SUPREME

Steps:

• Cook the beef and onion in a 4-quart saucepan over medium-high heat until the beef is well browned, stirring often to break up the meat. Pour off any fat.
• Stir the sauce, 1 cup mozzarella cheese and pasta in the saucepan. Spoon the mixture into a 3-quart shallow baking dish. Sprinkle with the remaining mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbling.

BAKED ZITI I

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes; drain.
• In a large skillet, brown onion and ground beef over medium heat. Add spaghetti sauce, and simmer 15 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish. Layer as follows: 1/2 of the ziti, Provolone cheese, sour cream, 1/2 sauce mixture, remaining ziti, mozzarella cheese and remaining sauce mixture. Top with grated Parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheeses are melted.

BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Chop onion into fine small pieces and brown with ground beef.
• Sprinkle garic salt on.
• Drain.
• Add Ziti and Spaghetti sauce and mix well.
• Spoon into a greased 9*13 in pan.
• Top with cheese.
• Cover and bake at 350.
• I also like to add a can of mushrooms.

BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Sauté onion in oil until it's tender.
• Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, water, oregano, basil, salt and pepper.
• Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375ºF.
• Coat casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Combine ricotta and 1/2 of the mozzarella in a large bowl.
• Add cooked ziti and half of the sauce.
• Stir.
• Turn into prepared casserole dish and pour on the remaining sauce.
• Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

TRADITIONAL BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Boil pasta as directed on box for al dente. Drain and return to pot.
• Add 5/6 of you pasta sauce to pot.
• Add the riggota cheese, mozzarella cheese, garlic powder, parsley, salt, pepper, oregano, and the egg slightly beaten.Mix well.
• Pour remaining sauce on the bottom of a 9x13 inch glass baking dish.
• Pour ziti mix into the baking dish and sprinkle the parmesan cheese on top.
• Cover with foil and bake for 35-45 minutes or until its bubbly.

SOUTHWEST BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cook pasta according until almost done.
• Spray a 8 inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine tomato sauce and salsa.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the ricotta cheese with half of the mozzarella cheese.
• Next blend in half of the tomata/salsa sauce, corn, chopped green chilies, oregano and pepper.
• Add the cooked ziti to mixture and mix well.
• Spoon in pasta mixture into your 8 inch casserole dish.
• Spread the remaining sauce over the top followed by the mozzarella cheese and then the grated Parmesan cheese.
• Cover with aluminum foil and bake 20 minutes.
• Uncover and bake 15 more minutes.

BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Begin by preparing sauce as follows: In a large dutch oven, saute onions and garlic in olive oil 1 or 2 minutes.
• Empty all four cans of crushed tomatoes into pot.
• Add basil, oregano, salt, crushed red pepper and brown sugar.
• Stir, bring to a boil and let simmer about 20 minutes.
• Stir sauce (this is when I usually will"taste adjust" any ingredients such as brown sugar and salt).
• Add meatballs that have just been browned and uncooked itailian sausage.
• Cover and simmer sauce for about 1 1/2- 2 hrs.
• About 10 minutes before sauce is done, mix ricotta cheese, eggs and parmesan cheese in a large bowl.
• Add about 2 1/2 cups of sauce to the cheese mixture and mix well.
• (Keep remaining sauce with meatballs and sausage warm).
• Toss cooked ziti with cheese/sauce mixture and spoon into a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• (you may need a larger pan or more than 1 pan).
• Sprinkle pasta with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake at 350 for 45 minutes to 1 hr.
• Serve pasta with the extra sauce, meatballs and sausage ladled over top of each serving.