Penne Pasta Pie | Chicken Love Apple Tree Cream Sauce Baked Amongst Fresh Mozzarella

Penne Pasta Pie

Penne Pasta Pie

Pasta is e'er the solution to a quick together with delicious dinner. We all guide maintain together with thus many recipes that tin live made inwards 10 minutes - shrimp linguine, truffle pasta, simple love apple tree basil sauce alongside angel hair, shrimp arribiata, chicken alongside olives together with angel hair, etc. But piece they powerfulness alone accept 10 minutes, it is notwithstanding 10 minutes that y'all guide maintain to pass making a mess inwards your kitchen, together with at that spot is notwithstanding a pasta pot, saute pan together with cutting boards to clean.

When you're having friends over for dinner, I similar to brand everything ahead of time. I learned this from my catering days - I would laid upwardly equally much equally possible 'off-site' to minimize what could become incorrect when I was inwards my Clients' kitchen. Not alone does it minimize potential disasters, it too makes the political party to a greater extent than fun for me - I'm non running around the kitchen, there's no muddied pots together with pans inwards the sink, together with I tin truly participate inwards the conversation together with fun.

So many of us recall that having a dinner political party agency serving something expensive or elaborate. We've all stressed over steaks that are create specially for each person... medium rare for some, medium for others, together with good done for 1 of your guests... ugh. Forget it. We tin all acquire a cracking steak at a restaurant. I similar to serve recipes that are uncomplicated to prepare, tardily to proceed hot (or cold), together with tin live served household unit of measurement manner around a tabular array of friends.

That's where baked pastas come upwardly in. Do y'all ever wonder why y'all had together with thus many lasagnas at household unit of measurement dinners? Our Moms, Aunts together with Grandmas know a niggling something close hosting a manageable political party that tin live survived past times the hostess together with enjoyed past times her guests. (Right, Aunt Nancy?!)

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While lasagna is a surefire winner, I similar to experiment a niggling together with brand novel versions of pastas that volition surprise everyone. This Pasta Pie (get it - baked inwards a pie dish?) is a mix betwixt everyone's favorite macaroni n'cheese together with chicken parmesan : Penne pasta, roasted chicken, fresh basil together with mushrooms inwards a love apple tree cream sauce, baked alongside fresh mozzarella together with parmesan. Not alone is this delicious but it uses leftovers. I e'er guide maintain extra love apple tree basil sauce inwards our fridge - this is a cracking way to role it up.

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Chicken Penne Pasta Pie
serves 4

1 chicken breast
ii tablespoons of olive oil
1 tablespoon dry out italian seasoning
ii cups of prepared love apple tree (spaghetti) sauce (left over or store-bought)
1 loving cup of heavy cream
3/4 pound of penne pasta (or other underground pasta), cooked
8 oz. of fresh mozzarella, cutting into cubes
1/2 loving cup of parmesan cheese, grated
ii tablespoons of fresh basil, chopped

Preheat oven at 400 degrees. Place chicken pectus on a canvas pan. Drizzle alongside olive petroleum together with italian seasoning. Bake for twenty minutes, or until the chicken is fully cooked. When the chicken has cooled, cutting it into 1-inch cubes.

In the meantime, laid upwardly penne pasta according to the directions on the box, less ii minutes. I similar to create the pasta for ii minutes less than instructions to brand certain it doesn't acquire over done.

In a saute pan, reheat left over or store-bought love apple tree sauce for 3-5 minutes until bubbly. Stir inwards heavy cream. Cook for 2-4 to a greater extent than minutes, merely until it begins to thicken. Remove from heat.

In a large mixing bowl, combine cooked pasta, chicken, cheeses (reserving 1/2 loving cup of cheese for the top), love apple tree cream sauce, together with basil. Pour into a pie dish together with function past times alongside cheese.

Bake for twenty minutes at 350 degrees. Let it laid for v minutes earlier serving.