Boursin Baked Ziti

Name: Boursin Baked Ziti
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 - 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: Cooking spray; Kosher salt; 1 lb. ziti; 4 (5.2-oz.) blocks herbed Boursin cheese; 1 (15-oz.) container ricotta; 3/4 c. heavy cream; 1/2 c. finely grated Parmesan; 1/2 c. packed fresh basil leaves, finely chopped, plus more for serving; 1/2 c. packed fresh parsley leaves, finely chopped; 1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes; 2 c. (8 oz.) shredded mozzarella, divided

By Laura RegeUpdated: Apr 2, 2024

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7 Ratings

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Yields:

6 - 8 serving(s)

Prep Time:

10 mins

Total Time:

40 mins

Cal/Serv:

1084

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Creamy, crumbly, herby Boursin cheese is delicious on crackers, but it’s also a great shortcut ingredient to amp up your recipes. We’ve used it in stuffed mushrooms and stuffed chicken, and now it’s the star of this easy riff on baked ziti. Many white baked ziti recipes call for swapping out the marinara for béchamel sauce, but a mixture of Boursin, ricotta, and heavy cream is much simpler—and super delicious. The Boursin, which is packed with garlic and herbs, adds instant flavor to the sauce, and it melts like a dream. For even more herby flavor for the sauce, we fold in plenty of chopped fresh basil and parsley.

The sauce gets mixed with the pasta in two stages. Half of the sauce is mixed with the hot pasta to coat each noodle with creamy goodness, and the rest is dolloped into the pasta pot and folded in. You'll want to keep some of the Boursin clumps intact so you have tasty puddles of cheese sauce among the tender noodles. Top the ziti with shredded mozzarella, bake until bubbly, then finish the dish under the broiler for a perfectly melty, golden top. Easy, cheesy perfection!

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Ingredients

Cooking spray
Kosher salt
1 lb.
ziti
4
(5.2-oz.) blocks herbed Boursin cheese
1
(15-oz.) container ricotta
3/4 cup
heavy cream
1/2 cup
finely grated Parmesan
1/2 cup
packed fresh basil leaves, finely chopped, plus more for serving
1/2 cup
packed fresh parsley leaves, finely chopped
1/4 tsp.
crushed red pepper flakes
2 cups
(8 oz.) shredded mozzarella, divided

Directions

1. Step 1Place a rack in upper third of oven; preheat to 375°. Grease bottom and sides of a 13"-by-9" baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Step 2In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente, 2 to 3 minutes less than package directions. Drain and return pasta to pot.
3. Step 3Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir Boursin, ricotta, cream, Parmesan, basil, parsley, red pepper, and 1 cup mozzarella to combine; season with salt, if needed.
4. Step 4Stir half of ricotta mixture into pasta in pot until combined. Using a spoon, dollop remaining ricotta mixture into pot. Stir once or twice just to evenly distribute the dollops (don’t fully break them up). Transfer pasta to prepared dish. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup mozzarella.
5. Step 5Cover dish with foil and bake until cheese is bubbling, about 25 minutes. Remove foil and turn on broiler. Broil, watching closely, until golden brown, 2 to 4 minutes more. Top with more finely chopped basil and serve.