This oven-baked pasta is a favorite of my children, who request this recipe often.
Ingredients
- cooking spray:
- lean ground beef: 1 pound
- tomato sauce: 2 cans (15 ounce cans)
- ounces brown gravy: 12 piece
- half-and-half: 0.5 cup
- Parmesan cheese: 0.5 cup (grated)
- garlic: 3 clove (minced)
- oregano: 1 tsp (dried)
- basil: 1 tsp (dried)
- dry ziti pasta: 1 pack (16 ounce pack)
- mozzarella cheese: 1 cup (shredded)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
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Heat a large frying pan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot pan until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add tomato sauce, gravy, half-and-half, Parmesan cheese, garlic, oregano, and basil. Simmer for 30 minutes.
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Meanwhile, fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in ziti, bring back to a boil, and cook pasta over medium heat until tender yet firm to the bite, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain.
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Stir ziti into meat sauce, then spread into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle top with mozzarella cheese.
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Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly, 20 to 30 minutes.
