Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 50 minutes
- Preparation: 10 minutes
- Cooking: 40 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups Ziti Pasta
- 2 teaspoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 12 Button mushrooms
- 1/2 cup Del Monte Whole Corn Kernels
- Salt - to taste
- 2 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 6 Basil leaves - torn
- 6 cloves Garlic - finely chopped
- 1 Onion - finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons Red Chilli flakes
- Salt - to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Black pepper powder
- 1 sprig Rosemary
- 1/2 cup Homemade tomato puree
- 1 cup Mozzarella cheese - shredded
Instructions
- To begin making the Cheesy Baked Ziti Pasta Recipe with Roasted Mushroom & Corn, we will first cook the ziti pasta
- In a saucepan, add water and bring it to a boil
- Once the water has boiled, add a teaspoon of salt
- Add the ziti pasta to the boiling water and let it cook in the boiling water until it is al dente
- This process should take a good 12-15 minutes
- Once the pasta has cooked, drain the water and run the cooked ziti pasta under running water to stop the cooking process
- Drizzle some oil on top of ziti pasta and make sure to coat all of the pasta with the oil so that the pasta doesn't stick to each other
- To roast the vegetables In a shallow frying pan, heat olive on medium high flame, to this add the mushrooms and saute until the mushrooms are cooked through
- Next add the boiled corn kernels, salt and stir fry along with the mushrooms
- Turn off the flame and set aside
- To make the pasta sauce In a heavy bottomed pan, heat the olive oil with heat over medium
- Add the onion and garlic and sauté until the onion has turned transparent
- This will take about a minute or so
- Once it's cooked through, add the tomato puree, the red chili flakes, salt, sugar, basil leaves and a sprig of rosemary
- Add about 2 tablespoons of water to bring it to a sauce like consistency
- Bring the pasta sauce to a brisk boil and allow the sauce to slightly thicken
- Check the salt and adjust according to taste
- Once done, add the cooked ziti pasta, roasted mushrooms and corn and toss well to combine for 3 to 4 minutes until the ziti pasta and the vegetables is well coated with the pasta sauce
- Turn off the flame and add half the mozzarella cheese into the pasta and gently mix
- Preheat the oven to 180 degree celsius, in order to bake the pasta
- Next, neatly spoon the ziti pasta mixture into a large serving dish or just into individually ramekins
- Top the baking dish with the remaining shredded mozzarella cheese and sprinkle some dry herbs
- Bake this in the oven for about 15 minutes until the cheese on the top has melted
- Remove the Baked Ziti Pasta from the oven and serve hot
- Serve the Cheesy Baked Ziti Pasta Recipe with Roasted Mushroom & Corn along with Garlic Bread With Herb Butter Recipe, Broccoli Salad Recipe with Roasted Onion & Peppers and a dessert of Eggless Choco Lava Cake Recipe and a scoop of vanilla ice cream
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 4
- Italian Recipes
- Main Course
- Vegetarian