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Recipe

Description
Baked Ziti is a comforting pasta dish that is made with simple ingredients in less than an hour. Serve it with a salad and garlic toast to complete the meal.
Ingredients
- Meat Sauce:
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 2 T. olive oil
- 1 white onion, diced
- 8 oz. sliced mushrooms, optional
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 oz. can tomato paste
- 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
- 15 oz. can tomato sauce
- 1 T. dried basil
- 1 T. dried oregano
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1/4 t. ground black pepper
- Baked Ziti and Cheese Topping:
- 1 lb. ziti pasta
- 8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
- 8 oz. Ricotta cheese
- 1 c. shredded Parmesan cheese
Steps
- Meat Sauce:
- Pour olive oil into a large, deep skillet, over medium-high heat; add ground beef; brown, 5 minutes. Add diced onions and mushrooms; saute 5 - 7 minutes until onions are soft and translucent and ground beef is no longer pink. Add garlic and tomato paste; cook 2 minutes. Pour in crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce; stir in basil, oregano, salt and pepper; bring to a simmer; reduce heat to low; simmer until pasta while pasta cooks.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
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