Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce Recipe

Archana's Kitchen

August 8, 2019

1868 Ratings

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 25 M|Total: 35 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Dinner

Cuisine:Italian Recipes

Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce is a pasta recipe which is cooked in thick tomato sauce with Italian seasonings. One can also add other vegetables like Olives, Capsicum and other to add a nutritional value to the recipe. This recipe will be cherished by all your family members including your kids and is a perfect dish to even pack in your lunch box.

Serve Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce with Pizza Margherita for a delicious weekend dinner party along with your family members.

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Serve Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce with Pizza Margherita for a delicious weekend dinner party along with your family members.

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Ingredients

300 Durum Wheat Penne Pasta

5 Tomatoes

2 Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1/4 Dried oregano

4 Garlic, finely chopped

1/2 Red Chilli powder

1/2 Sugar, optional

1 Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum), cut into chunks

1 Red Bell pepper (Capsicum), cut into chunks

Salt, as required

Water, as required

2 Parsley leaves, chopped

1/4 Mozzarella cheese

Instructions for Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce Recipe

To begin making the Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce,

To cook the Pasta

Add 500 ml water to a deep bottomed saucepan and bring it to boil. Add pasta and salt to the water and cook the pasta until Al dente. This will take about 10-12 minutes.

Drain the pasta in a colander and reserve some pasta water to add in the end.

Wash the cooked pasta in running water and drizzle some olive oil and toss well and keep it aside.

To Make the Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce

Bring water to boil in a saucepan. Wash the tomatoes, make slits on it, add tomatoes to the boiling water and blanch them for about 5 minutes.

After 5 minutes, cool the tomatoes, peel the skin and blend it to a puree in a blender. Keep it aside.

Preheat the oven to 180 degree celsius to 10 minutes and keep it ready.

Now add olive oil in a wide pan, add garlic and saute until it softens. Add bell peppers and sprinkle with a teaspoon of salt and roast the bell peppers until is soft and tender.

Pour in the tomato sauce and sprinkle oregano and cook on medium heat for a while. Make sure that you do not burn them.

After a minute, add chilly powder, sugar and salt, give it a stir. Cook the sauce for at least 10 minutes and then add the drained pasta water if you feel the sauce has thickened.

After 2 minutes, add the cooked pasta and mix everything well. Transfer the Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce into a baked ceramic pan and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top and bake until the cheese melts.

Serve Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce with Pizza Margherita for a delicious weekend dinner.