Baked Ziti

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb ground beef
• 6 links sweet italian sausage
• 2 your favorite sauce
• 1 yellow onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons italian seasoning
• 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes
• salt and pepper
• 2 lbs ziti pasta
• 3 pre-shredded mozzarella cheese
• dried parsley

Recipe

• 1 heat a pan with olive oil, add in chopped onion and garlic. saute for 2 minutes. add in ground beef and cook until done. add in italian seasoning and red pepper.
• 2 when done, set meat aside.
• 3 using same pan remove the casings from the sausage and crumble and saute until crispy, not burnt.
• 4 heat water to a rolling boil to cook pasta.
• 5 cook ziti al dente.
• 6 the same pan mix sausage and ground beef.
• 7 add sauce and pasta to pan with meat and mix.
• 8 in an aluminum tin, line the bottom with the meat and pasta mixture and sprinkle cheese. keep layering until done adding cheese in between. you may need two tins.
• 9 bake in oven at 350°f covered for about 1/2 hours. remove tin foil and continue baking for another 1/2 hour or until crispy and golden brown.
• 10 remove from oven. sprinkle with parsley and cut into squares and serve.