Community Pick
America's Test Kitchen Skillet Baked Ziti
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- salt & fresh ground pepper
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 3 cups water
- 12 ounces ziti pasta (3 3/4 cups)
- 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
- 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1⁄4 cup fresh basil leaf, minced
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
directions
- Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 475.
- Combine oil, garlic, pepper flakes, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in 12-inch ovensafe nonstick skillet and saute over medium-high heat until fragrant, about 1 minute. (If your skillet is not ovensafe, transfer the pasta mixture into a shallow 2-quart casserole dish before sprinkling with the cheese and baking).
- Add crushed tomatoes, water, ziti and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Cover and cook, stirring often and adjusting heat as needed to maintain vigorous simmer, until ziti is almost tender, 15-18 minutes.
- Stir in cream, Parmesan, and basil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Sprinkle mozzarella evenly over ziti. Transfer skillet to oven and bake until cheese has melted and browned, about 10 minutes. Serve.
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Reviews
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Wonderful, really the best pasta dish I have ever had! I'm in a little town so there was no cream except whipping or sour. Whipping being out of the question because of sugar it was off to the races with sour cream. Turned out really well. Also, had to use dried Basil, about a teaspoon, and then put thin slices of red bell pepper under the mozzarela before baking. This added a really great, meaty texture that left everyone wanting more. You won't be disappointed with this one.
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Tweaks
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Our plans changed for this evening so I needed something quick for dinner. I made this as written other then I used black pepper instead of the red pepper as I didn't have any. I also didn't have fresh basil so used 1/2 teaspoon of dried basil. My family thought it would have been better with some hamburger or sausage mixed in. Made for Spring PAC 2009.