Penne with paprika and cottage cheese
This recipe is my jolly. Pepper sauce is made only a few times a year, put in small boxes and frozen. After that, the preparation takes exactly as long as cooking the pasta, so in this case, 13 minutes.
Preparation steps
- Fry finely chopped red onion in a little olive oil. Add sliced peppers, season and let them simmer until completely softened. Then turn them into cream with a mixer.
- Cook the pasta in plenty of salted water.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix 4 tablespoons paprika puree and 4 tablespoons ricotta cheese, and parmesan, olive oil and half a cup of pasta cooking water.
- Toss the cooked pasta in a bowl and mix quickly. Eventually add more parmesan.
Serving
Pepper cream can be made in large quantities, then put in small boxes and freeze. When defrosting, place in a quiet oven or immerse in hot water. If the peppers are very sweet, put less cream and more cheese and parmesan. A mixture of cottage cheese and Philadelphia (half-half) could be used instead of ricotta cheese.