Everyday : Recipes : Baked Pasta Alongside Roasted Tomatoes, Chicken & Basil

This pasta is loosely based on the classic combination of tomatoes, fresh mozzarella in addition to basil.  I added roasted chicken, pancetta in addition to infant portabella mushrooms to give it some hearty flavors making it entree worthy.  Baking the pasta alongside the sauce in addition to cheese makes it gooey in addition to delicious - similar mac in addition to cheese 'with the book turned up' - every bit the Barefoot Contessa would say.  I dearest fixing pasta for dinner (as you lot may bring noticed), thus the agency I proceed it salubrious is to brand certain I bring 2/3 vegetables in addition to proteins, in addition to exclusively 1/3 pasta.  This recipe feeds 4-6!

Roasted Tomato, Fresh Mozzarella & Basil Pasta... alongside another things, too.

1 pound of metro pasta (rigatoni, penne, etc.), cooked

1 pound of chicken

2 cups of tomatoes (plum, grape or cherry), cutting inwards half
2 cups of mushrooms (baby portabellas run great), sliced

1/3 pound of pancetta (or bacon), diced

8 ounces of fresh mozzarella, cubed

1/4 loving cup of fresh basil, julienned 

3 tablespoons of butter

3 cloves of garlic, minced

3 tablespoons of flour

1 loving cup of milk

salt & pepper

On a canvas pan, house chicken, tomatoes in addition to mushrooms (be certain to proceed the chicken split upward from the vegetables), in addition to drizzle alongside olive stone oil in addition to then tabular array salt & pepper.  Roast at 425 for xx minutes, or until chicken is done.  When chicken has slightly cooled (about five minutes) cutting into chunks.

In a sauce pan, create bacon on medium high until slightly crispy.  Remove in addition to drain on a newspaper towel.  Wipe out pan to take away fat, in addition to then add together butter in addition to melt over medium depression heat, add together garlic in addition to create for xxx seconds.  Stir inwards flour in addition to stir for 1 infinitesimal until smoothen in addition to slightly browned inwards color - slightly, don't burn!  Whisk inwards milk in addition to stir for 2-3 minutes, lower heat.  Congrats - you lot simply made a white sauce.  

In a large bowl, house cooked pasta (should nevertheless survive hot from the boiling), chicken, tomatoes, mushrooms, mozzarella in addition to basil.  Pour white sauce over the mixture in addition to stir.  Place inwards a casserole dish, or private crocks.  Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes.  

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