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Paccheri Pasta with Peppers and Piave Cheese

Paccheri pasta is perfect for cheesy, exciting sauce in this easy recipe featuring red peppers!

  • ( Scored 5 on 1 reviews )

Jenna:

I absolutely love oven-baked pasta, and this recipe is fun, colorful and extremely tasty. I had some zucchini and added those too, it was great!

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Crisp bell peppers, creamy Piave cheese sauce, and stuffed Paccheri shells - what else you could want in a filling, healthy first course?

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Ingredients

for 4 servings

Paccheri with Peppers and Piave Ingredients

  • Paccheri Pasta 16
  • Ricotta cheese (Sheep's Milk) 100 grams
  • Piave Dop Fresco Cheese 150 grams
  • Heavy cream 100 grams
  • Bell pepper 2
  • Salt and Pepper
  • Extra-virgin olive oil as needed
  • Italian Bacon (Pancetta) 16

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Preparation

for 4 servings

Step

1

Of 4

Prepare the Piave cheese sauce


Put the cream to heat in a small saucepan until very hot.
Blend the Piave DOP into cream and allow to cool.
In the meantime, bring a large pot of salted water to boil and, when boiling, cook the paccheri for a couple of minutes less than what is written on the box.

Step

2

Of 4

Prepare the pepper sauce

Cut the bell peppers into very small cubes and sauté them in a pan with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, then gently mix them with the ricotta in a bowl.

Step

3

Of 4

Fill the Paccheri

Salt, pepper and stuff the cooked paccheri with the pepper sauce, using a teaspoon.

Form bundles of two or three pieces by wrapping them in long slices of bacon.

Cover with the cheese sauce.

Step

4

Of 4

Bake the Paccheri

Place the paccheri 'bundles' in a buttered baking dish and bake in the oven, covered with a sheet of foil.


Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.

Serve hot

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Reviews

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Jenna Tuesday 23rd of March 2021

Paccheri yum

I absolutely love oven-baked pasta, and this recipe is fun, colorful and extremely tasty. I had some zucchini and added those too, it was great!

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