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Baked Ziti Variation.

Baked Ziti Variation

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

The ingredients needed to make Baked Ziti Variation:

{Take of spaghetti or tomato sauce.
{Prepare of Ground beef.
{Take of spicy Italian sausage.
{Prepare of tri color Garden Rotini Pasta.
{Prepare of ricotta cheese.
{Make ready of grated parmesan cheese.
{Take of grated Extra sharp white cheddar cheese.
{Take of grated Monterey jack cheese.
{Make ready of crumbled feta cheese.
{Get of sliced mozzarella cheese.
{Make ready of merlot red wine.
{Take of garlic (minced).
{Get of eggs (whisked).
{Get of fresh basil (chopped).
{Get of oregano (chopped).
{Take of rosemary (chopped).
{Get of thyme (chopped).
{Get of parsley (chopped).
{Take of Extra virgin olive oil.
{Prepare of mushrooms (minced).
{Get of lemon pepper.
{Make ready of White or black pepper.
{Make ready of Sweet chili powder.
{Take of crushed sea salt.

Steps to make Baked Ziti Variation:

In small sauce pan, saute mushrooms, garlic, rosemary and thyme with olive oil. carefully add merlot. and let simmer for 20 mins..
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..
brown the ground beef and spicy sausage and drain grease, then set aside..
in large mixing bowl, add ricotta, eggs, basil, parsley, cheddar, jack, parmesan, feta and dry seasonings, with large spoon mix until blended..
boil dry pasta for 6 minutes until al-dente or use fresh and then mix with spaghetti sauce until covered..
preheat oven to 350.
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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