Baked Ziti
With only 20 minutes of prep, this easy baked ziti will become a go-to meal for weeknight dinners.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 pound dry ziti pasta
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- ½ pound italian sausage
- 6 ounces provolone cheese sliced
- 3/4 cups sour cream
- ¾ cup ricotta cheese
- 6 ounces mozzarella cheese shredded
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Sauce
- 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
- 12 ounces 2 cans tomato paste
- 13 ounces 2 cans tomato sauce
- ½ cup water
- ½ teaspoon fennel
- 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
Instructions
- 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, garlic, italian sausage and ground beef over medium heat. Add all the sauce ingredients, stir well, and simmer 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
- Add ¾ of the sauce to the ziti and stir to coat it well.
- Stir the sour cream and ricotta together
- Layer: 1/2 of the ziti, Provolone cheese, sour cream/ricotta mixture, remaining ziti, mozzarella cheese and remaining sauce mixture. Top with grated Parmesan cheese.
- Cover with foil.
- Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, then remove foil and bake an additional 5 minutes or until cheeses are melted.