BAKED ZITI recipe as requested! 1. Ground meat ( beef, chicken or john crow cousin.....I mean turkey dwl sorry 😜) 2. 1 box of pasta ( for a small foil pan....3 boxes for the large pan) 3 cheese-( mozzarella , sharp cheddar, Parmesan) 4. Spaghetti sauce or plain tomato sauce n season it how you like. 5. Seasonings for ground meat ( salt, red pepper flakes, Italian herbs, chopped garlic n onion, thyme, bay leaf) 6. 1 tbsp olive oil Method: 1.Heat pot, add oil, then add ground meat n stir constantly.....to prevent big lumps when heat coagulate the meat. 2. Add seasoning to the meat in pot! You can season meat before you put in pot I choose to do it my way as less time n containers to wash up. 3. 3/4 Fill a medium to large pot with water.....add 1 tsp of salt. 4. Bring water to a boil then add pasta......add 1 teaspoon of oil to pasta water to prevent pasta from cooking. Cook for 10-15 minutes till tender. 5. Check on ground meat, stir constantly n break up any large clumps. 6. Add tomato sauce and additional seasonings if desired. 7. Cook for 15 minutes on medium heat. 8. When pasta is tender remove from heat and drain. 9. Place pasta in foil pan or baking dish. 10. Turn off meat sauce and add to drained pasta. 11. Add most of the cheese just leaving about 1/4 of the packet of grated cheese for the top of product. 12. Stir pasta meat sauce n cheese mixture. 13. Level in baking dish and add remaining cheese. 14. Bake in oven at 350° for 15 minutes till cheese on top has melted. Bon appetít 😃
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 22:49:24 +0000
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