Ziti Casserole Delight
Total Time: 50 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 8 ounces ziti pasta
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 lb ground beef (90/10 works best)
- 2 cloves of minced garlic
- 1 (4 ounce) can mushrooms (drained)
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1/3 cup cream or 1/3 cup half-and-half cream
- 2 cups prepared/commercial spaghetti sauce
- 1/3 cup red wine
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
Recipe
- 1 prepare oven at 350 degrees.
- 2 cook ziti according to package instructions, reducing the time by 5 minutes (this is important or pasta may be overcooked after baking casserole).
- 3 meanwhile, saute chopped onion with ground beef in 10-12" skillet until beef is browned.
- 4 add minced garlic to meet mixture and cook on low heat for 3 minutes.
- 5 drain ziti and leave in colander for the time being.
- 6 combine drained mushrooms, sour cream, grated parmesan, half& half, spaghetti sauce, red wine, oregano, salt, and pepper to the beef mixture and mix thoroughly.
- 7 stir in ziti to the meat mixture until all ziti is coated with mixture.
- 8 pour into an ungreased 2-1/2 quart casserole dish.
- 9 sprinkle with shredded mozzarella.
- 10 place in pre-heated oven and bake 35-40 minutes (or until bubbly and lightly golden brown on top).
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