Recipe: Delicious Shortcut Ziti

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Shortcut Ziti.

Shortcut Ziti You can have Shortcut Ziti using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Shortcut Ziti

  1. Prepare 500 g (17.5 Oz) of bag of ziti (or rigatoni).
  2. Prepare 650 ml of (22 0z) jar of pasta sauce.
  3. It's 2 tsp of olive oil.
  4. Prepare 2 tbsp of butter.
  5. You need 1 pkg of Italian sausage (4-5), casings removed.
  6. It's 2 tsp of dried basil.
  7. It's 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
  8. It's 8 oz of mozzarella shredded.
  9. You need 1 cup of white wine.
  10. It's 3 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese.
  11. You need 540 ml (19 oz) of can diced tomatoes (flavoured or not, your choice).

Shortcut Ziti instructions

  1. In a large, heated pan as the olive oil and Italian sausage. Cook over medium-high heat, breaking up the sausage as it cooks. It will end up in large bits.. Don't worry..
  2. Once the sausage is almost all cooked, add the garlic and stir together for about 30 seconds. Then add the white wine and let it simmer until almost completely dry - stirring occasionally..
  3. While working your sauce, boil a pot of water and cook the pasta as per directions. Drain pasta, return pasta to the pot it was boiled in (with out the water) You'll need the large pot for mixing..
  4. Back to the sauce-lower the heat to medium-low, add the diced tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, butter and dried basil. Stir to combine. Heat through, maybe 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Remove from heat..
  5. Add sauce to the drained pasta, and half of your shredded Mozzarella. Stir to combine. Pour into a 9x13 baking dish, top with remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese..
  6. Broil for 2-3 minutes until the cheese is bubbly and golden brown. Remove from broiler and enjoy!.