Baked ziti
Pasta baked in a rich meat sauce with pockets of creamy ricotta and a melted cheese top.
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Ingredients
- Pasta400 g
- Beef mince400 g
- Chopped tomatoes (tin)2 tins
- Brown onions150 g
- Ricotta250 g
- Mozzarella250 g
- Lettuce1 lettuce
Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper, dried mixed herbs. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.
Usually contains: Gluten, Milk.
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Estimated from typical ingredient values, including a teaspoon of oil. Children's portions are smaller.
Method
- Oven
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- Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Cook the pasta in salted boiling water for 3 minutes less than the pack says, then drain.400 g pasta
- Chop the onion. Brown the mince with the onion in a large pan over a medium-high heat for 8 minutes, breaking it up. Add the chopped tomatoes and a teaspoon of dried mixed herbs, season, and simmer for 10 minutes.400 g beef mince2 tins chopped tomatoes150 g brown onions
- Stir the pasta into the sauce and spoon into a baking dish. Dot spoonfuls of ricotta over the top and push them in slightly.250 g ricotta
- Tear the mozzarella over and bake for 20 minutes until golden and bubbling. Rest for 5 minutes, then serve, with the lettuce as a salad if you are using it.250 g mozzarella1 lettuce
Season the ricotta with salt, pepper and a pinch of herbs before dotting it in. Plain ricotta tastes flat.
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