The Italian ziti pasta on offer is essentially oven-baked pasta with cheese, tomato and ham. This dish from Italian cuisine is one of those that is quick to prepare and delicious to eat. To experience the fullness of taste, it makes sense to use Italian-made products. Only in this case will you have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the flavors of real Italian cuisine for a few minutes. A step-by-step recipe with photos reveals all the secrets of making Italian pasta casserole.
We will need :
- 1 package (500 grams) of ziti paste;
- 1 large onion;
- 1 red bell pepper;
- 1 package (500 grams) of tomato sauce with vegetables for pasta;
- 380 grams of mozzarella cheese;
- 70 grams of grated Parmesan cheese;
- 400 grams of ham.
How to cook Italian ziti pasta in the oven
To prepare Italian pasta casserole, we start with the sauce. At the same time as preparing the sauce, boil the ziti pasta according to the instructions on the package until al dente and, without rinsing, place in a colander.
And so, in a frying pan with vegetable oil, sauté the onion and red pepper cubes until ready. Meanwhile, turn on the oven at 180°C.
Mix the sauteed vegetables, add tomato pasta sauce and mix everything again. We are waiting for it to boil.
Transfer the ziti pasta, drained into a colander, into the pan with the sauce and stir.
Transfer half the portion of ziti pasta in sauce to a greased baking dish. Above add pieces of mozzarella cheese.
Place a second portion of ziti on top of the cheese, then slices of ham. Sprinkle the last layer with Parmesan. Place the pan in the oven to brown the top layer and form a nice crust.
Take out the finished ones in Italian style.
How much does ziti pasta cost (average price per 1 kg)?
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For Italians, pasta is not just pasta made from durum wheat. Italians are so devoted to their national pasta that not a single day goes by without one or another pasta in various sauces. In the national culinary tradition today there are about 350 varieties of pasta.
It is worth noting that real masters of Italian cuisine know a lot about pasta and can skillfully use one or another type of pasta to suit the situation. Many world-famous Italian dishes involve the use of pasta, which is why there is a clear classification of pasta. Among the main types of Italian pasta there are long (vermicelli, spaghetti, bucatini), short (penne), curly (farfalle, gnocchi), small (filini) pasta, as well as baking pasta (lasagna, cannelloni).
A separate group includes dough with filling, such as ravioli or tortellini, as well as soup pasta. Ziti pasta stands out among other varieties due to its original appearance. Smooth and long tubes of ziti are a fairly popular type of Italian pasta. Thin, medium-sized tubular ziti pasta is especially in demand among residents of Sicily and Campania.
It is worth noting that in addition to small ziti, zitoni pasta is made in Italy, which is distinguished by its more impressive size. Most often, ziti pasta is baked with meat or cheese filling. Traditionally, ziti pasta is served during wedding celebrations. Ziti paste can be used to make casseroles.
To prepare ziti pasta you will need the following ingredients: pasta, Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese, garlic, tomatoes, salt, pepper to taste, onions, basil, olive oil, garlic, thyme, as well as Italian smoked meats and sausages of your choice.
The best way to make ziti pasta is a sweet type of Italian sausage that is fried in olive oil and added with garlic, thyme and basil. The sauce for ziti pasta is made from tomatoes, which are crushed in a blender and add salt, pepper and other spices to taste.
The sauce is combined with the sausage and brought to a boil. Boil the ziti pasta, then place it in a baking dish. Sauce is added to the pasta, thinly sliced cheese is placed on top and baked for 15-20 minutes in the oven.
Calorie content of ziti paste 330 kcal
Energy value of ziti paste (ratio of proteins, fats, carbohydrates - bju).
Ziti is a type of pasta, these tubes are quite large, sometimes long, sometimes short. Italians use them to prepare all kinds of casseroles. I really like the series The Sopranos about Italian-American mafiosi. In this series, everyone constantly brings different dishes to each other - cannoli, cannelloni, lasagna, ziti.
Dima Koplovich (Lama), for example, after watching Soprano, he became obsessed with canola, even bought special canola tubes on the internet abroad. I was hooked on ziti because the word is funny and it’s pretty easy to make.
A layer of mozzarella on pasta looks really fun :) 
And in the end like this. 
Recipe
- 250 g ziti (half a pack)
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 500 g lean ground beef
- 600 ml tomato sauce for pasta (can)
- 150 g soft cheese, cut into slices(for example, Adyghe)
- 1.5 cups sour cream
- 150 g grated mozzarella cheese(or chopped)
- 2 tbsp. grated parmesan cheese
Boil the pasta in boiling salted water for 8-10 minutes, drain in a colander.
In a large skillet or saucepan, brown the onion and ground beef over medium heat. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer for 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 C. Grease a 25 x 35 cm baking dish with butter.
Lay out the layers as follows:
- half of all ziti,
- slices of soft cheese,
- sour cream,
- half the meat sauce
- ziti again,
- mozzarella cheese
- remaining meat sauce.
Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese on top. Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes.
I found a recipe on the Internet, and here is a recipe for real ziti from The Sopranos (the cook cooked the food on set and published a book about the food from this series). I found this recipe after I made my own ziti, but oh well, it’s still a bit complicated and would have taken a lot longer.
I also found a cool LJ -
The pasta of the same name is shaped like hollow tubes, the size of which can vary. “Ziti” is baked in the oven or slow cooker. An integral part of the dish is cheese, or rather, two types of it: Parmesan and mozzarella.
The casserole is prepared with tomatoes, sausages, sausage or minced meat. And of course, you need to add spices to the dish: pepper, paprika, basil.
Pasta “Ziti” baked with minced meat
Grocery list:
- Pasta tubes - 300 grams.
- Parmesan cheese - two tablespoons.
- Onion - one head.
- Minced beef - 300 grams.
- Mozzarella cheese - 75 grams.
- Tomato sauce - 750 milliliters.
- Sour cream - one glass.
- Soft cheese - 75 grams.
Baking Ziti pasta
To prepare, we will use a step-by-step recipe for baked ziti. First you need to place a pan of water on the fire. Add some salt and after boiling, add Ziti pasta. You need to cook them for about ten minutes, no more, then drain them in a colander and set aside for now.
Next, according to the Ziti recipe, you need to take a saucepan, add vegetable oil and put it on the fire. When the oil in the saucepan is hot, add the ground beef and finely diced onion. Stir and fry for ten to fifteen minutes. Then add special spaghetti sauce, stir and simmer covered for another twenty minutes.
Now you need to grease the pan in which the pasta will be baked with butter. Place half of the pasta from the saucepan on the bottom of the pan, which should be covered with sliced soft cheese. Cover the cheese with a layer of sour cream, on which spread half a portion of stewed minced meat. Then again a layer of boiled pasta, sprinkled with mozzarella cheese. Cover it with a second portion of minced meat and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.
Preheat the oven to one hundred and eighty degrees. After it warms up, place the future casserole there. Bake for about thirty to forty minutes. The top layer of cheese should melt. After cooking, remove the pan from the oven, and “Ziti” (according to the recipe from “The Sopranos”) serve hot. This hearty dish is perfect for dinner.
Baked Ziti Pasta
Ingredients:
- Pasta tubes - 400 grams.
- Grated tomatoes - 250 grams.
- Sausages - three pieces.
- Olives - 0.5 cans.
- Parmesan cheese - 170 grams.
- Salt.
- Red hot pepper - one piece.
- Ground black pepper.
- Sweet paprika - one tablespoon.
- Basil.
Cooking pasta
Preparing the Ziti casserole recipe is not at all difficult. First you need to prepare some ingredients, namely cut the sausages. To do this, cut them lengthwise into two equal parts, and then cut each half into slices. Cut the olives into thin rings. Grind the cheese using a grater.
Next, you need to put a frying pan with vegetable oil on the fire and heat it up. Place the sliced sausages on it and fry just a little. Remove from heat, sprinkle with sweet paprika, chopped hot pepper and mix well. Then you need to put a pan of salted water on the fire. Place pasta in boiling water and cook for seven to nine minutes. Place pasta in a colander.
The next thing to do is cook the sauce. Open a can of pureed tomatoes and place them in a saucepan. Place on the fire and when the tomatoes boil, you will need to pepper, salt and sprinkle with dried basil to your taste. Mix the spices with the tomatoes and then first transfer the boiled pasta into the pan, and then the fried sausages. Mix everything thoroughly, cover with a lid and simmer for five to seven minutes.
After this, according to the Ziti recipe, you need to grease the refractory baking dish with oil. Place half of the pasta stewed with sauce into the pan. Cover the top with grated cheese. Then add a layer of pasta and a layer of cheese again. Finally, add a layer of sliced olives. Place the pan in the oven, preheated to a temperature of one hundred eighty-five degrees and bake for about half an hour. Serve the prepared casserole according to the “Ziti” recipe hot.
Baked classic “Ziti”
Required ingredients:
- Ziti pasta - 800 grams.
- Black pepper - on the tip of the knife.
- Italian sweet sausage - 500 grams.
- Grated Parmesan - one glass.
- Marzano tomatoes - one and a half kilograms.
- Salt - half a teaspoon.
- Onion - one head.
- Basil - two pieces.
- Hot pepper - one.
- Mozzarella - 800 grams.
- Hot Italian sausage - 500 grams.
- Thyme - two pieces.
- Garlic - six cloves.
- Olive oil - half a glass.
Cooking casserole
To prepare “Ziti” according to the classic recipe, you first need to remove the film from the sausage and fry it in a heated large frying pan in olive oil. Next you need to prepare the sauce. The most suitable for this purpose are canned San Marzano tomatoes, which need to be chopped in a blender.
Remove the peel from the onion, rinse and chop into small cubes. Rinse the basil and thyme under the tap and finely chop. Separate the garlic cloves from the peel and chop them with a knife. Place chopped onion, basil, garlic and thyme in a frying pan with toasted sausage. Pour tomato paste on top. Place the spices here, mix and simmer over low heat for fifteen minutes.
Next, according to the Ziti pasta recipe, you need to boil the pasta. Place a large saucepan of water on the fire, add salt and olive oil. After boiling, put the pasta in it and cook for eight to ten minutes, then drain in a colander.
Divide the mozzarella cheese into two parts. Cut the first into cubes, and the second into slices. Grease the baking dish with oil. Then place the boiled pasta, pour the sauce, cheese cubes on top, pepper and salt. Mix well. Place a layer of cheese slices and sprinkle with a glass of grated Parmesan. Place in the oven at a temperature of one hundred and ninety degrees and bake until done for thirty-five minutes.
