Baked Ziti Variation

Name: Baked Ziti Variation
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 16 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 48 oz spaghetti or tomato sauce; 3 lb Ground beef; 1 lb spicy Italian sausage; 32 oz tri color Garden Rotini Pasta; 32 oz ricotta cheese; 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese; 1/4 cup grated Extra sharp white cheddar cheese; 1/4 cup grated Monterey jack cheese; 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese; 16 oz sliced mozzarella cheese; 1/2 cup merlot red wine; 2 clove garlic (minced); 4 eggs (whisked); 1 tsp fresh basil (chopped); 1 tsp oregano (chopped); 1/2 tsp rosemary (chopped); 1/2 tsp thyme (chopped); 1/4 cup parsley (chopped); 1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil; 4 medium mushrooms (minced); 1 pinch lemon pepper; 1 pinch White or black pepper; 1 pinch Sweet chili powder; 2 pinch crushed sea salt

panther.spawn78 @Pantherspawn

Though I'm not Italian nor much of a chef, I like to tinker and create. Hope you enjoy.

panther.spawn78 @Pantherspawn

Though I'm not Italian nor much of a chef, I like to tinker and create. Hope you enjoy.

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Ingredients

2 hours

16 servings

48 ozspaghetti or tomato sauce
3 lbGround beef
1 lbspicy Italian sausage
32 oztri color Garden Rotini Pasta
32 ozricotta cheese
1/2 cupgrated parmesan cheese
1/4 cupgrated Extra sharp white cheddar cheese
1/4 cupgrated Monterey jack cheese
1/2 cupcrumbled feta cheese
16 ozsliced mozzarella cheese
1/2 cupmerlot red wine
2 clovegarlic (minced)
4eggs (whisked)
1 tspfresh basil (chopped)
1 tsporegano (chopped)
1/2 tsprosemary (chopped)
1/2 tspthyme (chopped)
1/4 cupparsley (chopped)
1 tbspExtra virgin olive oil
4 mediummushrooms (minced)
1 pinchlemon pepper
1 pinchWhite or black pepper
1 pinchSweet chili powder
2 pinchcrushed sea salt

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Steps

2 hours

1

In small sauce pan, saute mushrooms, garlic, rosemary and thyme with olive oil. carefully add merlot. and let simmer for 20 mins.
2

in large sauce pan with medium heat, add spaghetti sauce, oregano. carefully add ingredients from saute pan into sauce. let simmer for 45 mins to an hour or more depending on preference.
3

brown the ground beef and spicy sausage and drain grease, then set aside.
4

in large mixing bowl, add ricotta, eggs, basil, parsley, cheddar, jack, parmesan, feta and dry seasonings, with large spoon mix until blended.
5

boil dry pasta for 6 minutes until al-dente or use fresh and then mix with spaghetti sauce until covered.
6

preheat oven to 350
7

in 2 13x9 deep baking or casserole pans layer pasta on bottom, then layer ground beef and sausage then cover with ricotta cheese mix, then layer again with pasta topped with slices of mozzarella. do the same for both. bake in oven for 45 mins or until cheese bubbles on top or for 75 mins if you like your top layer slightly crunchy. let cool for 5 mins, dish out and enjoy with a side of garlic toast and a glass of red wine.