Wednesday, August 28, 2013

The Ingredients Every Professional Recipe For Baked Ziti Ought To Have

By Mike Johnson


Baked ziti is an Italian pasta dish that is definitely to die for. Sugar cookies are very easy to prepare, but not as easy as this delightful recipe. It is a dish that is best served with some bread and light green salad. This is a uniquely tantalizing cuisine that your family would like to have almost every day. The following simple steps will guarantee you an amazingly delicious dish.

For the ziti ingredients, you'll need 450g dried pasta; 820ml quick marinara sauce; 10g salt; 450g mozzarella (half thinly sliced and half cut into 1cm cubes); 75g grated parmesan (freshly grated and divided); Pinch of red pepper flakes and Freshly ground black pepper. With the method for for the Ziti, first, preheat the oven up to 200^(0)C/Gas 6. Heat water in a large pot until you bring it to the boil, add salt generously and then boil the pasta until it is tender but ensure it is still firm, then drain it. Toss the cooked pasta with marinara sauce in a large sized bowl, adding in the cubed mozzarella pieces, black pepper, 30g of Parmesan and the red pepper flakes.

Oil a 23cm by 33cm baking dish and transfer the pasta into it. Use the sliced mozzarella to cover the top of the pasta. Then, sprinkle with the Parmesan that remained. Bake it until it is light brown in color. This should take about 30 minutes. Serve it immediately it is ready.

Bake till it is lightly browned. This will take approximately half an hour. Once it is ready, serve it immediately.

For the method for the sauce, in the first step, you are required to heat the oil in a medium sized saucepan over medium-high heat. After doing so, saute the garlic and onion and stir those until they appear to be light brown in color. You should then take the tomatoes and add in them in together with the herb sprigs and then bring to a boil. You will now lower the heat, cover and simmer for approximately 10 minutes.

To prepare the marinara sauce, using medium-high heat, heat an already oiled medium sized saucepan. Add in the garlic and onions and saute them to a light brown color. Pour in the herb sprigs and tomatoes, bringing them to a boil. Simmer for about 10 minute and ensure it is well covered.

Dispose the sprigs of herb after removing them from the saucepan. Add in the salt as you use pepper to season it and to improve the taste. The sauce can be used immediately or can be stored inside the fridge, although it can only last up to 3 days only. It can last for up to two months if it is frozen. Baked ziti in marinara sauce is a tasty dish that would become one of your family's comfort foods.




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