Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 300 grams Durum Wheat Penne Pasta
• 5 Tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1/4 teaspoon Dried oregano
• 4 cloves Garlic finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
• 1/2 teaspoon 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 stalks Parsley leaves chopped
• 1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese

Steps

1. To begin making the Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce,
2. 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.
3. Drain the pasta in a colander and reserve some pasta water to add in the end.
4. Wash the cooked pasta in running water and drizzle some olive oil and toss well and keep it aside.
5. 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.
6. After 5 minutes, cool the tomatoes, peel the skin and blend it to a puree in a blender. Keep it aside.
7. Preheat the oven to 180 degree celsius to 10 minutes and keep it ready.
8. 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.
9. Pour in the tomato sauce and sprinkle oregano and cook on medium heat for a while. Make sure that you do not burn them.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Serve Baked Penne Pasta With Roasted Peppers In Marinara Sauce withPizza Margherita for a delicious weekend dinner.