Baked ziti
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- 1 whole onion
- 8 cloves garlic
Chop the onion; smash and mince the garlic.
- 2–3 tbsp oil
Heat 2 to 3 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet until it shimmers.
Shimmering oil and sweating the onion
Cook the onion, stirring with a wooden spoon, about 5 minutes until almost translucent, without burning; lower the heat if needed.
- 1 lb ground Italian sausage
Add the ground Italian sausage and the garlic, breaking the meat up, and cook until uniformly browned with no pink left.
Browning the Italian sausage
- marinara sauce
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- red pepper flakes
- 1 can whole peeled tomatoes
- salt
- freshly cracked ground pepper
Add the marinara sauce, about a tablespoon of Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes to taste, a can of whole peeled tomatoes, and salt and pepper to taste; break up the tomatoes.
Reduce to medium-low and simmer about half an hour to thicken.
Set the oven to 350 and get a casserole dish ready.
- 1 lb ziti
- water
- 1 tbsp salt
Bring a pot of water to a boil, salting it at about a teaspoon per quart, and cook the ziti to al dente.
Return the drained pasta to the pot and stir in about two cups of the sauce to coat.
Coating the pasta in sauce
- ½ cup ricotta
Spoon a little sauce over the bottom of the casserole dish; add half the pasta in an even layer, then half the remaining sauce, half the Parmesan, about half a cup of ricotta in dots, and about two cups of mozzarella.
- 2 cup mozzarella
Add the rest of the pasta, the remaining sauce, the remaining Parmesan, more dotted ricotta and the rest of the mozzarella, with a final sprinkle of Parmesan.
Layering the casserole