Pizza Penne Bake
All the best pizza flavors in an easy pasta bake dish!
Servings - 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 lb. pasta noodles, such as penne, ziti, mostachioli or other medium shaped noodle
- 3/4 cup pizza sauce
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 30 pepperonis, cut in half
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup pizza blend shredded cheese
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Tossed salad; as side dish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Cook the pasta as directed on the package in an ovenproof saucepan or Dutch oven. Save 1/4 cup of the cooking liquid and then drain.
- To the same saucepan or Dutch oven, add the reserved cooking liquid and the pizza sauce and whisk together.
- Then stir in the chopped peppers and halved pepperonis and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the drained pasta noodles. Toss together.
- Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese over the pasta and then sprinkle the pizza blend shredded cheese over top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes, or until cheese begins to melt.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Prepare tossed salad.
- Serve Pizza Penne Bakewith tossed salad.