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Baked ziti is classic Italian-American comfort food! It's a lot like a classic lasagna casserole, but easier to make and without lots of layers or broken noodles. The best recipe for baked ziti casserole. Pasta and sauce baked together along with cheese, meats and other seasonings.

Baked Ziti Variation is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Baked Ziti Variation is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have baked ziti variation using 24 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti Variation:

1. Get 48 oz spaghetti or tomato sauce
2. Get 3 lb Ground beef
3. Make ready 1 lb spicy Italian sausage
4. Prepare 32 oz tri color Garden Rotini Pasta
5. Take 32 oz ricotta cheese
6. Make ready 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
7. Make ready 1/4 cup grated Extra sharp white cheddar cheese
8. Prepare 1/4 cup grated Monterey jack cheese
9. Make ready 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
10. Take 16 oz sliced mozzarella cheese
11. Prepare 1/2 cup merlot red wine
12. Take 2 clove garlic (minced)
13. Take 4 eggs (whisked)
14. Prepare 1 tsp fresh basil (chopped)
15. Take 1 tsp oregano (chopped)
16. Get 1/2 tsp rosemary (chopped)
17. Prepare 1/2 tsp thyme (chopped)
18. Prepare 1/4 cup parsley (chopped)
19. Make ready 1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
20. Make ready 4 medium mushrooms (minced)
21. Make ready 1 pinch lemon pepper
22. Make ready 1 pinch White or black pepper
23. Take 1 pinch Sweet chili powder
24. Make ready 2 pinch crushed sea salt

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Steps to make Baked Ziti Variation:

1. In small sauce pan, saute mushrooms, garlic, rosemary and thyme with olive oil. carefully add merlot. and let simmer for 20 mins.
2. in large sauce pan with medium heat, add spaghetti sauce, oregano. carefully add ingredients from saute pan into sauce. let simmer for 45 mins to an hour or more depending on preference.
3. brown the ground beef and spicy sausage and drain grease, then set aside.
4. in large mixing bowl, add ricotta, eggs, basil, parsley, cheddar, jack, parmesan, feta and dry seasonings, with large spoon mix until blended.
5. boil dry pasta for 6 minutes until al-dente or use fresh and then mix with spaghetti sauce until covered.
6. preheat oven to 350
7. in 2 13x9 deep baking or casserole pans layer pasta on bottom, then layer ground beef and sausage then cover with ricotta cheese mix, then layer again with pasta topped with slices of mozzarella. do the same for both. bake in oven for 45 mins or until cheese bubbles on top or for 75 mins if you like your top layer slightly crunchy. let cool for 5 mins, dish out and enjoy with a side of garlic toast and a glass of red wine.

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