Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Testaroli (Tuscan Pancake Pasta) With Pesto

One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured

Testaroli (Tuscan Pancake Pasta) With Pesto

from www.seriouseats.com

It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 1 cooks on www.seriouseats.com rate it 5.0★.

hands-on5m
waiting20 min
makes4
each$0.10
kcal370
levelbeginner

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 155.

this recipe typical

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 155 for brightness
  • #1 of 155 for noodle texture
  • #1 of 155 for saltiness
  • #1 of 155 for sauce cling

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

300 g10 ounces flour (About 2 cups or 300 grams)
575 g20 ounces water (2 1/2 cups or 575 grams)
4 g1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 g1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Vegetable or canola oil, for greasing
1 recipe Pesto Sauce (see note)
Torn basil leaves and grated pecorino or Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, for serving

Method: 6 steps, published by www.seriouseats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“They will keep at room temp for hours or a few days in the fridge, and for months, well-wrapped, in the freezer. I having been bringing them back for years from the Lunigiana region of Italy - the only part of the country I've ever found them. Great 15" disks,” — a cook
“You can also cook them in a much smaller pan (say 12-15cm across) and have something similar to Panigacci, close cousins to Testaroli. They are much easier to serve: after dipping them in boiling water for a few seconds, you simply put them on a plate and spoo” — a cook
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