Dinner for 4
Baked Penne Casserole
Penne combines with ricotta, eggs, tomato paste, butter, and cheese before baking into a firm, savory casserole.
$1.37per serving $
50 minstart to table
4servings
ItalianVegetarianBudgetFamilyDinnersCold-weather comfortWinter
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked penne pasta
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 4 eggs
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/8 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/4 tsp freshly-ground black pepper
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese
- 1 1/2 cups tomato paste
- 4 leaves fresh basil
Steps
- Heat the oven to 375 F and lightly oil a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
- Boil the penne in salted water for 8 to 10 minutes until barely tender, then drain.
- Melt the butter and stir it with the tomato paste.
- Whisk the ricotta, eggs, cream of tartar, salt, pepper, garlic, and parsley in a bowl.
- Stir the pasta, butter mixture, ricotta mixture, and basil together in the baking dish.
- Top with mozzarella and bake for 25 minutes until the center is firm and the eggs are fully set.
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Ingredient list based on the Wikibooks Cookbook (CC BY-SA 4.0). Steps and description written by Salefork.
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