Baked Ziti with Meat Sauce
This baked ziti with meat sauce is the ultimate comfort food made with just pasta, sauce and cheese that’s baked until golden and bubbly.
Ingredients
- 1 box Ziti pasta
- 4 cups Meat sauce (I have a great recipe in the blog above or use your own sauce)
- ¾ c Ricotta cheese
- 2 tbs oregano
- 1.5 c Mozzarella cheese, shredded
- ¼ c Parmesan cheese
- Bail, shredded (option)
Instructions
- First, cook the ziti until al dente in a big pot of salted water.
- Meanwhile, mix the ricotta cheese with the oregano and set it aside.
- In a large pot or skillet, warm the meat sauce or sauce of your choice up over medium low heat.
- Once the ziti is done cooking, strain it from the water and add it to the meat sauce.
- Now add in 1 c of the shredded mozzarella cheese and give everything a nice big mix then add it to a baking dish.
- Next, using a spoon make little pockets in the ziti and place a heaping tablespoon on the ricotta mixture inside the hole and cover it with the pasta.
- Keep making evenly spread out little holes and filling them with the ricotta mixture.
- Now sprinkle the top of the ziti with Parmesan cheese and the rest of the mozzarella cheese.
- Then bake it, covered, until the cheese is melted and the sizes are nice and bubbly. (See my tip for keeping the cheese from sticking above)
- Finally let it cool slightly, garnish with basil (optional) and serve warm. Enjoy!