How to Make Cast Iron Pan Pizza and Baked Ziti with Charred Tomatoes
Host Bridget Lancaster cooks a crispy Cast Iron Pan Pizza, equipment expert Adam Ried shares tips on caring for cast iron, and test cook Keith Dresser makes Cast Iron Baked Ziti with Charred Tomatoes.
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I liked all the recipes and the segment about cleaning cast iron skillet was great. TY
Yummy 😋
How many inches is the cast iron pan? Great video!
Hi, my dough was really dry with the 8 ozs. of water.
Thanks to everyone at ATC! 🎉🍕🍝🥘🥳
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The mini Cuisinart would have been much more appropriate for this no cook sauce.
Can a blender be used instead of a food processor?
i watched this
Just made this!!! Awesome!!!
So good! I was worried that the cough wasn't fully cooked, I added another 5 minutes and PERFECTION!!! Thank you for your awesome video!!!
What size was the cast iron pan?
I just made this and it's the best pizza I've ever made. I think it will be my new go to recipe.
So delicious looking! So just Nostalgic too!
Pizza looked great. Absolutely love that baked ziti recipe 💯👌🏻
Around 23:02, as you put the lid on, you say you want to be sure the pasta stays below the liquid. But it is clear to see before the lid gets in the way that some pasta is not below the liquid.
A better way to not burn the cheese like in this video would be to put the Pizza only with the tomatp Sauce into the oven. Then when it starts to get brown, put it out of the oven and add the cheese. The Pizza is then finished when the Mozarella starts to bubble. Learnt this from Vito Iacopelli an italian pro pizzaiolo. Check out his channel to learn the true italian way of making pizza.
I made this, and it came out great. I had bought an iron skillet and I am so grateful I did. That you. This is definitely repeat
I followed your directions using 11ozs. of bread flour and 8 ounces of warm water. Your dough turned out much drier than mine. I could not pick it up in lump like you did. I had to almost pour it into the pan to chill.
Why can't I fart spectacularly on Tuesday without seeing your video?
VERY DISSAPOINTING! I saw this video and thought that would be great to make for the Super Bowl. I followed the recipe, EXACTLY, as well as all of the other instructions. It crust came out very soggy. It looked great, but that's about it. I scraped off all of the toppings and wound up eating a crust less pizza.
I worked for Pizza Hut over 40 years ago and we made the dough completely from scratch. I still have the original recipes, but it is hard to cut down to a single use since we started with 25 lbs of flour, yeast, salt, dry milk, oil, and we weighed the water!
The pizza dough did take forever but I think it was worth it. Five stars!!
Looks good can you use regular flour
Guess what another cheese pizza
I have a round cast iron griddle.. I could use it fiords pizza oan..
Thank you for including the hydrogen bond as the chemical reaction bond. It is important for people to know why and how. That was a very nice addition to this video. A bit more chemistry explaining would have even been better!
"This is the easiest pizza you'll ever make!" Proceeds to take out a scale, takes 2 days to prepare the dough, assembly process overcomplicated…
This midwest gal loved this carb-centric episode! Good thing I ate lunch just beforehand….both recipes look amazing, especially that PIZZA! 🍕❤
Does the pan used in the ziti have an enamel lining? In my experience, cooking any acidic foods in regular cast iron strips the seasoning and imparts that seasoning flavor into the dish, which is wretched tasing.
I must try this recipe!
Can there be any toppings on top of the cheese?
I’m am thrilled to find this recipe. I had no idea how to get that crispy frisco!
MORE Cast Iron cooking pls. Excellent!
I want to try them both!
What size, inches or number, cast iron pan are you using??
Does anyone know what strainer that is and how to order one?
Yeesh, now I’m craving pizza at 8:40am. Thanks?😂
Looks great. Ill be trying it
Made this dish this evening. Followed pretty much exactly except I added about a half pound of cooked sweet Italian sausage broken into crumbles during the basil fold. I wish I could post the pic! Amazing flavor. Thank you!
Don’t forget to re-season your cast iron pot after all this tomato sauce boiling. Tomatoes are acidic and they eat the oil coating from cast iron skillets 🙁
Dayummm!
how big is the pan?