On a bitter cold winter evening there is just nothing better than a hot bowl of soup to warm you up❤
So tonight is that night!!!! When our temps didnt make it out of the 20s today, yes tonight is a perfect night for soup!
I love to experiment with recipes creating my own recipe
I had seen on instagram a yummy soup, called Lasagna soup, it intrigued me and I looked it up.
Using what I had on hand I created my own and it quickly became “baked Ziti” instead of “lasagna” soup
Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups of chicken broth
- 2 1/2 cups ziti noodles
- 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce
- 1 23.5 ounces prego italian sausage and garlic marinara
- 4 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon rosemary
- 1 teaspoon basil
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
- If you do not have individual spices you can substitute 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
- .5 pound italian sausage
- .5 pound ground beef
Directions
- In a soup pot place olive oil, onion and garlic in pan bring to a simmer and cook until tender and translucent
- In same pan Brown meat
- In a medium saucepan being water to boil to cook Ziti noodles
- Once meat is browned add all dry seasonings and stir in
- Add chicken broth, marinara, and tomato paste
- Bring to a low boil and simmer for 20 mins
- Add ziti noodles, stir and simmer till hot through
- Make the ricotta garnish
- Ladle hot soup into a soup bowl place a dollop of ricotta mixture and drizzle pesto(pesto is optional)serve immediately with garlic bread
Ricotta mixture
- Ingredients
- 8 ounces ricotta cheese
- 2 cups mozzarella
- 1/2 cup parmesan
Directions for ricotta
- In a small mixing bowl mix cheeses together set in fridge till ready
- Spoon a spoonful or two on top of piping hot soup and stir in to melt into the soup