Cheesy Baked Ziti with Ree Drummond | The Pioneer Woman | Food Network

[Music] all right i had some onions and garlic browning in a pan and i just added a pound each of ground beef and italian sausage and i'm just gonna break this up as it browns i'll add a 28 ounce can of whole tomatoes juice and all and then a couple of regular cans of tomato sauce you can also do jarred marinara sauce if you have that either one will work and then just to give it a little spice i know the six drummond kids can handle it some crushed red pepper flakes and then about a teaspoon of italian seasoning i love this baked ziti anytime i have to feed a bunch of people i whip it up then a little salt and pepper [Music] okay now i'll just let the meat sauce simmer for about 25 to 30 minutes to make sure it's really flavorful and while it simmers i'll whip up the cheese mixture for the baked cd so the first cheese is ricotta just a tub the next is mozzarella i'll grate a pound and a half and add about two cups keeping the rest for later and i'll also grate half a cup of parmesan and add it in with the other cheeses next it's two eggs two tablespoons of minced parsley some salt and pepper and then i'll just stir it together a couple of times okay the cheese mixture's all combined now i'll get the pasta in to cook i'm using a pound of ziti pasta you can do penne masticholi any short pasta is just fine [Music] just pour it in all right now i'll just let the pasta cook for about 10 minutes until it's done now the pasta is all cooked i rinsed it under cold water because i wanted it to stop cooking and i'm just gonna pour it into the bowl with the delicious cheese mixture and then i'll stir this so the pasta gets coated and all that wonderful ricotta all that mozzarella okay now the sauce should be slightly cooled so i'll pour it right in with the pasta and the cheese now the purpose of this is just to give the cheese coated pasta a little bit of a coating of sauce now i'll start the layering process i'll add half of the pasta into this dish and then i'll spread it all into an even layer now i'll top the pasta with half of the sauce the sauce looks so good it's been bubbling away it's really dark and rich looking you could just boil up some pasta top it with this that would be a great dinner too okay now i'll just spread the sauce into an even layer now on top of the sauce i'll add a little more grated mozzarella and then i'll start the whole process again [Music] and this is going to be the perfect dinner for those six drummond kids i'm just gonna cover it with foil the baked cd goes in 375 degree oven until it's bubbly so like 25 minutes or so okay [Music] okay guys pass your plates down and i'll serve you up there we go

Channel: Food Network

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Id: t7FD81ViC5k

Length: 3min 59sec (239 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 21 2020