Baked Ziti With Shrimp And Scallops

Credits

by Cooking Light

Ingredients

• 8 oz ziti
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1 (12 oz) bottle roaste red bell peppers, drained
• 1 (8 oz) block cream cheese, softened
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 8 oz large shrimp, peeled, deveined, chopped
• 8 oz bay scallops
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tbs chopped parsley
• Cooking spray
• 3/4 cup (3 oz) shredded sharp provolone cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400

2. Cook pasta

3. Combine hot water, roasted red bell peppers, and cream cheese in a food processor; process until smooth, scraping sides.

4. Heat the oil in a dutch oven over med-high heat. Add salt, shrimp, scallops and garlic; saute 2 minutes or until shrimp and scallops are almost done. Add pepper mixture to pan; bring to a simmer. Reduce heat; cook 2 minutes, stirring frquently. Add pasta and parsley to shrimp mixture, tossing well to combine. Sppon pasta mixture into 8 inch square baking dish light coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with cheese. Back at 400 for 20 minutes.

5. Preheat broiler.

6. Broil 2 miutes or until cheese begins to brown. Remove, let stand 10 minutes to let sauce set before serving.

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