Baked Penne
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"Baked Penne" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Baked_Penne, revision 4605234), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Baked_Penne&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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Ingredients
- 1 cup () uncooked penne pasta
- 1 cup () ricotta cheese
- 4 eggs, separated and brought to room temperature
- ¼ cup (½ stick/) unsalted butter, melted
- ⅛ tsp cream of tartar
- 1 pinch salt
- ¼ tsp freshly-ground black pepper
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
- ½ cup () grated mozzarella cheese
- 1 ½ cups () tomato paste
- 4 leaves fresh basil
Method
- Preheat the oven to .
- In a gallon of salted, boiling water, cook pasta until al dente. Drain and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
- Combine ricotta, egg yolks, butter, salt, pepper, garlic, parsley, and tomato paste. Fold in cooked pasta. Set aside.
- In a spotlessly clean metal bowl, beat egg whites to stiff peaks with cream of tartar. Gently fold into pasta mixture.
- Pour into a parchment-lined high-sided roasting pan. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and cover with aluminum foil. Bake in the center of the oven for 15 minutes.
- Remove foil and lower temperature to . Bake for another 30 minutes or until browned and bubbly on top.
- Place serving portions onto plates and garnish with basil. Serve warm.