How to Make Perfect Baked Ziti

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, baked ziti. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Baked Ziti is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Baked Ziti is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked ziti using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti:

1. Take 1 lb ziti noodles
2. Get 4 C tomato-meat sauce
3. Get 8 oz spinach
4. Get 5 roma tomatoes; thick julienne & halved
5. Get 2 roasted red bell peppers; thick julienne & halved
6. Get 2 C mozzarella
7. Prepare 1/2 C grated parmesean
8. Prepare 1 t crushed pepper flakes
9. Take 3/4 oz basil; chiffonade
10. Make ready 1/2 bundle parsley; chiffonade
11. Prepare 1 large pinch kosher salt

Steps to make Baked Ziti:

1. Heat tomato-meat sauce in a seperate sauce pot to a simmer.
2. Boil noodles in salted water until al dente. Drain.
3. In a large mixing bowl, combine cooked noodles, 1 C mozzarella, tomatoes, pepper flakes, roasted bell peppers, spinach, parsley, and basil. Add a pinch of salt. Mix together. Transfer to a large casserole dish. Sprinkle remaining cheese atop.
4. Bake uncovered at 350° for approximately 15- 20 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.
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