Easiest Way to Prepare Ultimate Tony's Baked Ziti

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, tony's baked ziti. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Tony's Baked Ziti is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Tony's Baked Ziti is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have tony's baked ziti using 24 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tony's Baked Ziti:

1. Make ready Pasta
2. Make ready 1 lb ziti
3. Get 1 tbsp salt
4. Take Red Sauce
5. Make ready 1 lb sausage
6. Make ready 4 cloves garlic (medium), diced
7. Prepare 1 oz fresh spinach leaves, shredded
8. Get 2 oz feta cheese
9. Prepare 1 tsp pepper
10. Get 1 tsp salt
11. Prepare 1 and 1/2 tsp dried oregano
12. Get 1 and 1/2 tsp dried basil
13. Make ready 1 tsp dried thyme
14. Take 2 (28 oz) cans of San Marzano tomatoes, removed and diced
15. Prepare 1/4 cup fresh basil (chopped)
16. Make ready White Sauce
17. Prepare 8 oz cream cheese spread
18. Prepare 15 oz ricotta
19. Get 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
20. Get 1 oz parmesan cheese
21. Take Topping
22. Make ready 1 cup shredded mozzarella
23. Make ready 1 oz parmesan cheese (shredded)
24. Take 1/4 cup fresh basil (shredded)

Steps to make Tony's Baked Ziti:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Bring 4 quarts water to roiling boil. Add 1 lb ziti and salt to water and boil for 10 minutes.
2. Reserve 1/3 cup pasta water. Drain pasta and set aside.
3. Brown sausage and diced garlic over medium heat until fully cooked.
4. Reduce heat to medium-low and add spinach until wilted, and toss with feta cheese.
5. Add salt, pepper, oregano, dried basil, thyme, chopped canned tomatoes and pasta water.
6. Cover and simmer for 12 to 14 minutes.
7. While red sauce is simmering, in a large mixing bowl combine ricotta cheese, cream cheese, mozzarella and parmesan until well mixed.
8. When red sauce is finished cooking, add 2 cups of red sauce to white sauce and mix. After mixing, reserve 1 cup of red-white sauce in separate bowl.
9. Add pasta to large mixing bowl and mix.
10. Pour pasta into baking dish. Layer on red-white sauce, red sauce, mozzarella and cheese.
11. Bake for 23 minutes.
12. Broil for 2 minutes on high.
13. Remove from oven and add shredded parmesan cheese. Allow to cool for 5 - 7 minutes and serve.
14. Garnish with fresh basil.

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