Creamy Baked Ziti
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1419.54 ml mozzarella cheese
- 453.59 g ziti pasta
-
Marinara Sauce
- 793.78 g crushed tomatoes
- 170.09 g tomato paste
- 226.79 g tomato sauce
- 59.14 ml olive oil
- 29.58 ml italian seasoning
- 14.79 ml garlic powder
- 44.37 ml brown sugar
- 177.44 ml red wine
- 4.92 ml salt
- 1.23 ml black pepper
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Besciamella Sauce
- 96.13 ml butter
- 78.78 ml all-purpose flour
- 946.36 ml whole milk
- 12.32 ml kosher salt
- 2.46 ml nutmeg
directions
- Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- Place olive oil and red wine in sauce pan on medium heat.
- Stir in tomato paste first.
- Add rest of ingredients.
- Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat milk in a saucepan until it is steaming. Do not boil.
- While milk is heating, melt butter in a seperate saucepan.
- Whisk flour into melted butter. Let cook on medium for about 5 minutes. Keep whisking.
- Once milk is steaming, whisk into butter and flour mixture a cup at a time. It will become thicker as you whisk.
- After all milk is added, bring to a boil for 30 seconds constantly stirring.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in salt and nutmeg.
- Place half of the cooked ziti noodles on bottom of large casserole dish.
- Spoon on half of the marinara sauce.
- Spoon on half of the besciamella sauce.
- Top with half of mozerella cheese.
- Repeat.
- Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Your cheese should brown and bubble.
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