Penne with cottage cheese and pepper sauce

Today is pasta day! A delicious and easy recipe for penne (macaroni) with a sauce that gives it lots of flavour. The title makes it clear, pasta with ricotta and pepper sauce... I'm sure you're looking forward to enjoying Luisa's recipe, author of Cooking with my Carmela !

Sometimes (or should I say, almost always?) we are short on time, but that doesn't mean we can't create a great dish! Preparing a pasta dish is very quick, and giving it a special touch, differentiating it so you can enjoy it in style, can be done with resources that you easily have in the fridge.

So the other day, when I was making this delicious pasta at home, I thought of you: it's a recipe I wanted to share because it's easy to make and the main ingredient is pasta... Who doesn't like it? At home, as soon as you mention the word "pasta" everyone comes to the table without complaining.

Fleur de Ligne bowl by Tokyo Design and Pallarès Solsona knife

The recipe will be ready quickly, in about 25 minutes (I said quickly, I meant "in a flash"!), and to give it a touch of flavour it has a sauce made from two vegetables and a cream of cottage cheese. Success is guaranteed - in mine it always triumphs, both among children and adults!

Ingredients

• 400gr of penne or macaroni (100gr per person)
• 1 red onion
• Half a red pepper
• Fresh basil chopped to taste
• 400gr of cottage cheese sauce or cooking cheese
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• Parmesan cheese to taste

Rustichella Italian pasta and Tokyo Design bowl

Preparation

1. In a cocotte with boiling water, boil the pasta until it is tender, drain and set aside.
2. Meanwhile, heat two tablespoons of olive oil in the skillet and fry the onion, red pepper and basil, all chopped into small pieces. Leave for about 10-15 minutes until the onion becomes transparent.
3. Reduce heat, add cream cheese to skillet and heat gently for a few minutes, without allowing it to boil.
4. Finally, mix the pasta with the previous cream, season to taste and serve immediately.
5. Once you have served the dishes, top with a few fresh basil leaves and grated Parmesan cheese.

Our dish is ready, easy, fast and simple.

NOTE: If you want to enjoy this pasta dish with authentic Italian pasta, I invite you to try the authentic Rustichella or Mancini pasta, both of which are of exceptional quality thanks to the quality wheat they use.