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Meat Sauce
Pasta
Quick Cream Sauce
Preheat oven to 375°F. Mist a 2 ½-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
For the meat sauce: Warm the oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the onion and salt and cook until golden and tender, about 5 minutes, stirring often. Add the ground beef and cook until no longer pink, crumbling the meat with the spoon, about 5 minutes. Pour off any excess grease. Add the garlic, cinnamon, oregano and dill and cook 1 minute while stirring. Stir in the tomato sauce, reduce the heat, and simmer gently while the pasta cooks, stirring occasionally.
For the pasta: Cook the pasta until al dente according to package directions. Drain well. Stir the lemon zest and lemon juice into the meat sauce. Stir in the pasta. Transfer into the baking dish.
For the cream sauce: Whisk together the Alfredo sauce, yogurt, egg, and ½ c of the Parmesan until smooth. Pour over the meat mixture and smooth the top. Sprinkle with the remaining ½ c Parmesan.
Bake until browned and bubbling, about 1 hour. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
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Made this today! Using the FM “Tuesday” ground beef just puts this dish over the top. Might want to use a tad bit more cinnamon. My “real Greek” niece said this is tip-top.
I love this dish. It's so tasty and easy to assemble. I've made it for friends last summer and now, during the Coronavirus pandemic, I'll be making it again as a go-to recipe that uses ground beef!
This dish is delicious and easy to prepare.
Married into a Greek family and all-time preferred dish is pastichio. Cooked to perfection, it's off the chart amazing. While TFM's Baked Greek Ziti recipe and some key ingredients are different, this is pretty darn good! Bonus: TFM recipe is less time consuming since there's no layers as in pastichio. Just spread the pasta meat mixture in pan. Definitely a thumbs-up & will make again! Btw, really enjoy your recipes, thank you.
Don't skip the cinnamon---try a different kind! It needs it, to be authentic, and fresh---but there are many kinds of cinnamon from various lands, and the cheap ones at non-Fresh Market stores really COULD practically ruin this dish. Some are strong and harsh, others are aromatic and almost sweet, depending on where they are grown. This recipe would probably taste fine without it, but it would most certainly NOT be able to call itself Baked GREEK Ziti, as the cinnamon is what links it to its origins. Try this again, using a different kind of cinnamon.
This is one of our go to recipes. So yummy and relatively simple! It is perfect for cold nights and makes fabulous leftovers.
Great recipe. The cinnamon is what helps it be "Greek". I would put this dish against many in the Greek restaurants in Baltimore. When I'm on the Outer Banks I miss good Greek food. Now I have a go to recipe for my fix.
I skipped the cinnamon like the review from Kendra suggested and it was just perfect!!! I will definitely be making again. We loved it!
The cinnamon in this dish is too overpowering. It ruined the meal for my boyfriend and I. Other than that, I think this would be a really good meal. I'll have to omit the cinnamon next time.
Delish. Next time I hope you have Ziti at the store so I can use that instead of somthing else.
Keep them coming recipe is great.
Yum, quick, easy, filling and tasty!
This is a delicious recipe! Super easy to make. Love it!
Very Good! Very Filling! Thank You For The Suggestion
Loved this Greek Baked Ziti, their Alfredo sauce is amazing.
Similar to my Greek family’s recipe for a dish called pastishio.
Hearty and Delicious!!! Love this dish
This was a simple and tasty dish. Will make again.
Interesting weekday meal that is delicious. Served with bread and a salad, a hearty meal. Spices combine to make a delightful sauce and the dill especially boosts the spice combination. Family loved this dish!
Great meal and the recipe was very easy!!!
It was a simple and tasty dish. Have been to Greece 3 times and this was quite authentic. Will definitely make again.