Ingredients
The following ingredients have 7 Servings
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion
- chopped
- 1 clove garlic
- chopped
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
- 1 celery stalk
- finely chopped
- 2 carrots
- finely chopped
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 pound dry sweet sausage
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 2 (28 ounce) cans crushed San Marzano tomatoes
- Salt and pepper
- to taste
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 4-5 fresh basil leaves
- chopped
- 1 pound ziti
- 2 cups white rice
- 2 cups grated pecorino romano
- 1 pound mozzarella block
- sliced
- 2 eggs
Instruction
- In a sauce pot, heat olive oil over medium-high heat
- Add onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes and cook until onion softens
- Add celery and carrots, and cook until softened, then add ground beef and sausage and cook until browned
- Add the wine and cook until the aroma of the alcohol disappears
- Add the tomatoes and season with salt, pepper, dried oregano and basil
- Cook at a bare simmer for at least two hours
- Prepare the ziti and rice separately according to package directions
- Once pasta is ready, drain and mix with some sauce in a bowl and set aside
- Once rice is ready, stir in some sauce and set aside
- In a 9-by-13-inch baking dish, coat the bottom of the dish with a layer of sauce
- Add the ziti and top with 1/2 cup pecorino romano and another layer of sauce
- Add the rice and top with ½ cup pecorino Romano and another layer of sauce
- Arrange the mozzarella on top
- In a bowl, beat the eggs with the remaining 1 cup pecorino romano
- Drizzle the egg-cheese mixture on top and bake in a preheated 350˚F oven until golden-brown on top and cheese is melted, about 25 minutes
- Baked Ziti
