Alison Makes Cheesy Shells and No, You Don't Have to Stuff Them Home Movies with Alison Roman

I only like fresh tomatoes twice a year: late summer and early fall (AKA when they're good). The rest of the year, I feel safest when I have a few types of canned tomato products in my pantry: whole peeled plum tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, and tomato paste. Let's be clear: they absolutely do not replace fresh tomatoes. BUT they offer the best texture and flavor in a homemade all-purpose tomato sauce, like in this week's recipe for Baked Shells in Sauce and Cheese.

We don't stuff individual shells, we don't worry about rolling or layering sheets of pasta, we don't cook béchamel. Instead, we let tomato sauce, dollops of ricotta, and shredded mozzarella melt (and bubble) into pasta shells to serve with an oh-so-casual citrus bitter greens salad.

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RECIPE URL
Baked shells: https://www.alisoneroman.com/recipes/baked-shells
Citrus Salad with Bitter Greens: https://www.alisoneroman.com/recipes/citrus-salad-with-bitter-greens

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CREDITS
Director: Doron Max Hagay @doronmaxhagay
Producer: Graham Mason @grahambomason
Director of photography: Eric Schleicher @e_schleicher
Audio: Yves Albaret @yvesarmand
Cameraman: Alex Bliss @albertblimp
Cameraman: Will Colacito @revpooch
Editor: Maya Tippett @maya.tippett

VIDEO CHAPTERS
0:46 Home movies with Alison Roman
1:13 Alison talks about tomatoes
3:34 Thanks, Brooklinen!
4:55 Prepare a magnificent tomato sauce
7:56 Sweating onions
9:05 Stay classic with this sauce
10:58 30 minutes later, the sauce is perfect
12:12 Make it corny
2:30 p.m. We boil
3:29 p.m. Prepare the salad
16:21 Sauce the pasta and assemble everything
17:54 More salad prep
19:04 Save the cheese and enjoy

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