Old Fashioned Baked Ziti Recipe

Stir 1 cup of the sauce into the cooked ziti noodles.

Old fashioned baked ziti recipe. Add meat and cook with onion garlic oregano pepper flakes and salt over medium high heat for 6 to 8 minutes or until meat is browned. Cook 1 minute longer. Drain rinse under cold water and set aside.

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. In a 9x13 baking dish put ziti in a single layer in bottom of dish followed by a layer of sauce then meat mixture then italian cheese. Cook the ziti and carrots together for about 6 minutes.

Add onions and garlic and saute for 3 minutes. Coat with glug of olive oil and heat oil. In a large saucepan cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. Cover and simmer for 3 hours stirring occasionally.

In a large skillet cook ground beef onions and garlic over medium high heat for 6 to 8 minutes or until beef is browned. But in great grandma s day the ziti served a different purpose. Add ziti pasta and cook according to package directions until al dente.

Reserve 1 2 cup pasta cooking water then drain pasta. Stir in the spaghetti sauce tomatoes tomato paste water parsley worcestershire sauce basil and 1 2 teaspoon oregano. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.