Baked Ziti

Name: Baked Ziti
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps butter; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 454 grams lean ground beef; 710 milliliters milk; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 mediums onion, chopped; 237 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoons pepper; 1 teaspoons salt, divided; 227 grams package shredded mozzarella cheese; 737 grams tomato-and-basil pasta sauce; 454 grams box ziti pasta

You can never have too many Mediterranean recipes, so give Baked Ziti a try. This recipe serves 10. One serving contains 489 calories, 28g of protein, and 20g of fat. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a reasonably priced main course. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. If you have pepper, mozzarella cheese, garlic cloves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Saut chopped onion in hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until tender.

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Add garlic, and saut 1 minute.

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Add beef, and cook, stirring until beef crumbles and is no longer pink.

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Beef

Drain beef mixture, and return to pan. Stir in pasta sauce and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Set aside.

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Beef

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Cook pasta in a large Dutch oven according to package directions.

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Drain and return to Dutch oven.

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Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat; whisk in flour until smooth. Cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Gradually whisk in milk; cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Stir in Parmesan cheese, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper.

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