I'm a sucker for a good pasta dish.
Especially one that is easy to make. The great thing about these types of meals is that they are tasty, filling, fairly inexpensive,
can feed your whole family and they make great leftovers.
And what's not to love about that?
Now, y'all will surely notice that I'm not using the Ziti pasta with this. So maybe it should really be called Baked Penne. But I have always called it Baked Ziti no matter what kind of pasta I've used. So just forgive me for that little oversight, okay?
I like the Penne pasta because it has those little ridges in it. And those little ridges are really good at hanging onto the pasta sauce. But if you prefer the Ziti pasta, then use that instead of the Penne. Or maybe you are able to find the Ziti with ridges in your local supermarket, then you could use that as well.
It's a texture thing for me.
Serve this up with some garlic bread and a side salad and you have a really great meal that everyone
in your family is sure to gobble up!
Ingredients:
1
pound of ground beef
2
cans or jars (26 oz.) of your favorite spaghetti sauce*
1
jar (16 oz.) Garlic Alfredo Sauce
1
box (1 lb.) Penne Pasta
½
yellow onion diced (optional)
1
bag (2 cups) Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
(onion not pictured)
Directions:
Preheat
oven to 350F degrees.
Spray
a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
Prepare
pasta according to directions.
In
a medium sauce pan, brown ground beef with onion (if using).
After
beef is brown and crumbled, drain excess grease.
Put
back in pot and pour in one jar of
spaghetti sauce. Keep mixture on low until pasta is done.
When
pasta is finished, drain excess water from pasta. You want the pasta as dry as
possible.
Put pasta back in large pot (with heat off) and pour in jar of alfredo sauce. Combine until thoroughly coated.
Put pasta back in large pot (with heat off) and pour in jar of alfredo sauce. Combine until thoroughly coated.
Cover pasta with spaghetti sauce
mixture.
* Don’t put the pot that you used for the spaghetti sauce in with the dirty dishes yet.
Keep that pot out and start heating up second jar of spaghetti sauce on low heat.
Put a cover on it to keep warm until ziti is finished baking.
Sprinkle top with mozzarella cheese.
(I like to spray the inside of my foil with nonstick spray so the cheese doesn't stick to it.
Or you could use that new nonstick aluminum foil.)
Or you could use that new nonstick aluminum foil.)
Remove foil and bake for another 15 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly.
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Let
rest for about 5 minutes after taking out of oven.
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Serve portions onto plates,
and pour some of the heated spaghetti sauce on top.
Enjoy!
23 comments:
This looks heavenly Bran! I love Baked ziti though I've never had it with alfredo sauce! Mmmm sounds delish!!
I love penne, too! And your baked ziti sounds fabulous...I'd go with extra sauce, too. YUM! Merry Christmas, Brandie! xo
I'm a sucka for all pastas, one fave is the penne and for the same reasons too! That looks awesome. I will have to try it in my large Dutch oven.
Yup, the extra sauce is a keeper. I just made a penne pasta dish as well, but it didn't have all the ooey gooey creaminess that this one does. Totally comfort food.
I have homemade marinara sauce cooking in my CrockPot and was going to use some of it for pizza tonight...but this is too good to pass up on this frigid day in NM!!!!
Baked Ziti is one of my favorites and especially with extra sauce. New here and it is nice to meet you Brandie. Looking forward to more of your posts. Happy Holidays to you.
I used your recipe for dinner tonight. Big hit. Very yummy!
Thanks!
Karen
Extra sauce is a must, this is a stick to your ribs meal. The fact that it is inexpensive is an extra bonus.
What a fabulous dish. It looks and sounds delicious. I love to visit your blog. I never leave empty handed and always have a recipe or tip to show for the time I spend here. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary
Baked Ziti (or Penne) is a go-to dish here when we have a crowd. I love that you used Alfredo too. What a great idea!
I know without a doubt that we would gobble that up in a heartbeat!
I too am very intrigued with using Alfredo sauce as well as regular spaghetti. Looks REALLY good & I bet the Alfredo sauce makes it a little creamier! Will be making soon!
WOW! That looks so good! I'm going to ask hubby if he wants that tonight! YUMO! ♥♥♥
I made a meatless version of this for supper tonight - can't wait to try it. I'm sure the whole kitchen will be warm and good-smelling!
Lovely! Baked pasta is just such a comfort dish :)
Your Baked Ziti (penne) is marvelous.
I call it penne, too;) I've been craving a pasta dish, so I'll be making this one with the extra sauce, soon.
I came across this wonderful dish on pinterest. My family loved it...especially the kids!
Faith, thank you for taking the time to let me know how it turned out for you. I just love Pinterest. I've made some great new food friends because of it!! So happy to have you here! :)
I was wondering if you can taste the alfredo sauce, or if it just adds a little creaminess? I am not a huge fan of alfredo sauce but if it just adds more flavor without the taste that would be good for me.
Pics of this meal look delicious
Hi Stephanie! Personally, I don't think the Alfredo Sauce has a strong flavor in this. It really just adds creaminess to the sauce. I love the additional garlic flavor that it adds when you use the garlic flavored alfredo sauce. Hope you enjoy it if you give it a try!
I've used a no-boil recipe to make this and loved it, but I'm really liking the idea of the garlic Alfredo instead of ricotta - so much more affordable without much flavor variation. Will try this the next time I have all the ingredients.
thank you country cook i am definitely going to give the garlic alfredo a try.
I'm new to your blog and I'm looking at all you delicious-sounding recipes. I'm so excited to try this one and the Creamy Chicken Enchiladas. I've gotten so bored with the same old recipes that I make so it will be fun to try some new ones! Thank you!!!!
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