Lou's Baked Ziti
My BFF, Nicol, whom I've called Lou since 1987, created this delicious monstrosity of a dish!
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs ground round
- .5 lb sweet Italian sausage
- 1 lb ziti noodles
- 2 cans/jars of your favorite spaghetti sauce
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 15oz tub of ricotta
- 1 8oz tub of sour cream
- 1 ball of fresh mozzarella sliced thin
- 1 pkg of sliced provolone
- 1 pkg of shredded Italian cheese
- Parmesan
- dried basil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cook ziti noodles till al dente.
- Sauté the garlic in the olive oil until soft. Add the ground round and sausage. Brown the meat, then add the sauce and let simmer.
- When the noodles are done cooking, drain, add ricotta and sour cream to hot noodles and stir it up.
- Layer your pan, 1/3 of the sauce, half of the noodles, mozzarella, provolone, 1/2 the bag of shredded Italian cheese, sprinkle with Parmesan. 1/3 of the sauce, other half of the noodles. Top with remaining sauce, other half bag of shredded cheese, sprinkle with Parmesan and dried basil.
- Cover with foil, bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove foil, bake for 15 more minutes. Let set about 10 minutes before serving.
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