Copycat Maggiano's Taylor Street Baked Ziti
An easy tribute to Maggiano's Ziti that can be made in 30 minutes
Equipment
- 1 Oven safe baking dish I used 9" ceramic pie dish
Ingredients
- 8 oz Ziti Noodles
- 8 oz Italian Sausage (use ground sausage or raw cased sausage)
- 16 oz Tomato Sauce
- 1 tsp Dried Oregano
- 1/2 tbsp Minced Garlic
- 2/3 cup Shredded Mozzarella
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil for frying
Instructions
- If using cased Italian sausages, break them open and remove the ground meat. If you bought just ground Italian sausage, proceed as is.
- Start a pot of water boiling, enough for 8oz of pasta.
- Heat the olive oil on medium high in a skillet large enough to hold 16 oz of sauce. Fry the Italian Sausage until almost completely browned, about 5 minutes. It will finish in the sauce. Break up the ground sausage into small bits as if it were ground beef.
- Add the tomato sauce, oregano, salt, and garlic, stir to combine. Simmer for 10-15 minutes. You can probably start your noodles now. Follow the box instructions.
- Combine the cooked noodles and sauce in a greased oven safe dish. I used a 9” ceramic pie dish.
- Cover ziti with the shredded mozzarella.
- Broil on high for 1-2 minutes. Mine was perfect at about 1:30. I put my dish on the second rack from the top, which was the perfect distance to get that browning pattern on top. Your oven may perform differently.