Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, loaded meaty baked ziti. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Loaded Meaty Baked Ziti is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Loaded Meaty Baked Ziti is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook loaded meaty baked ziti using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Loaded Meaty Baked Ziti:
- Get 12 oz box of ziti
- Prepare 1/2 pound ground mild country sausage
- Get 1/2 pound ground beef
- Make ready 2/3 cup diced pepperoni (optionally diced salami)
- Make ready 1 medium onion diced
- Get 2 Bell peppers diced
- Get 6-8 oz mushrooms sliced
- Take 4 cloves garlic minced
- Get 1 large can crushed tomatoes
- Make ready 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- Prepare 1/4 cup red wine
- Prepare 2 tablespoons dried oregano
- Get 1 tablespoon basil
- Get 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Get 2 cups mozzarella
- Prepare 2 cups Italian cheese blend
Instructions to make Loaded Meaty Baked Ziti:
- While you boil water and cook your pasta, Put the onion and bell pepper into a deep skillet with olive oil, over medium heat for 3-4 min. Add mushrooms and cook until vegetables are soft.(another 3-4 min)
- Take out vegetables, put in minced garlic cook for 1 min, and brown beef and sausage in the same skillet adding the pepperoni when the beef and sausage are almost brown. Drain the grease.
- Add vegetables back to the skillet along with the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, wine, oregano, basil, and garlic powder. Stir together and bring to a simmer. (If sauce is too thick add a little of the water from boiling the noodles, or a bit more wine.)
- Combine sauce with noodles, mix well, pour half into a large baking dish and cover with mozzarella cheese. Pour other half on top and cover with cheese blend. (I use provolone, fontina, parmesan and romano), bake for 25-30 minutes at 375° or until cheese is golden brown on top.
- Serve with grated Parmesan. This dish is even better the next day!
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