Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Tony's Baked Ziti

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

The ingredients needed to make Tony's Baked Ziti:

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

Instructions 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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