Penne Pasta with Stuffed Tomatoes
Penne is a pasta favorite and it looks like a cylinder or small short tubes with diagonally cut ends. Mamma uses a Catelli brand which is made in Italy. A great recipe you might want to try with penne is pasta with stuffed tomatoes….Pasta con i pomodori.
This recipes serves 6 people.
Ingredients
1/2 lb (225 g) Penne Noodles
6 tomatoes
1/4 tsp (1 ml) pepper
1 tsp (5 ml) basil
1/2 tsp (3 ml) oregano
1/2 tsp (3 ml) salt
1/4 lb (115 g) grated Mozzarella cheese
1/4 lb (115 g) grated Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup (125 ml) grated Parmesan cheese
Butter
Directions
- Start by preheating your over to 350 deg F.
- Cook penne pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water. Drain and rinse. Set aside. Going in oven later so make sure your pasta is firm or al dente.
- Plunge your tomatoes in boiling water for 1 minute, remove and skin. Cut tops from tomatoes.
- Carefully scoop out the middle or centers and discard.
- Sprinkle the inside of the tomatoes with seasonings and fill with equal amounts of cheddar and mozzarella cheese.
- Bake in oven until tomatoes are soft and the cheese is melted.
- Place your noodles on a large greased oven safe platter.
- Top with tomatoes.
- Sprinkle with parmesan and small dot of butter.
- Place in oven for 5 minutes and Mangiare!!
As a variation and if you have some cooked ground beef or cooked sweet Italian sausage you can add some to the inside of your tomatoes with the cheeses when stuffing.
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