Baked Ziti

Ziti layered with Provolone cheese, sour cream, and ground beef spaghetti sauce. Topped with grate Parmesan cheese and baked golden brown.

Ingredients -

1 pound Dry Ziti Pasta
1 Onion, chopped
1 pound Lean Ground Beef
2 (26 ounce) jars Spaghetti Sauce
6 ounces Provolone Cheese, sliced
1 1/2 cups Sour Cream
6 ounces Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan Cheese

Preparation:

1. Bring lightly salted water to boil in large saucepan.

2. Add dry pasta and cook al dente, about 8 minutes (check package directions)

3. Drain pasta.

4. Over medium heat, brown onion and lean ground beef in large skillet.

5. Add spaghetti sauce to skillet and simmer 15 minutes.

6. Preheat oven to 350 F.

7. Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.

8. Layer ½ ziti pasta, Provolone cheese, sour cream, ½ spaghetti sauce mixture, remaining ziti pasta, mozzarella cheese and remaining spaghetti sauce mixture.

9. Top with grated Parmesan cheese.

10. Bake 30 minutes in preheated oven.

Ground Beef Recipe Tip -

Dry Ziti Pasta

Substitute any small pasta shape for the Ziti pasta called for in this recipe, if necessary.

Ground Beef Recipe Tip -

Frozen Ground Beef

It is not recommended to cook frozen ground beef directly after removing it from the freezer. Freezing turns the beef juices into ice crystals, so when cooked the flavor is cooking off with the fat.