Rachael Ray's Penne With Ricotta and Bacon
"This recipe came from Rachael Ray magazine. It is so simple, and FABULOUS! The onions and bacon add wonderful flavor. Enjoy!"
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1 lb penne
- 8 slices bacon
- 1⁄2 large onion, sliced
- 15 ounces whole milk ricotta cheese, room temperature
- 10 fresh basil leaves, chopped
directions
- Cook penne to al dente in a large pot of boiling salted water.
- Reserve 1 ladle of cooking water, then drain pasta and transfer to serving bowl.
- While pasta is cooking, fry bacon until crisp in a skillet, and transfer to plate lined with paper towels to drain.
- Drain most of grease from skillet, leaving a small amount in skillet.
- Add onions and cook until golden.
- Stir onions and ricotta into pasta along with reserved pasta cooking water.
- Crumble the bacon and sprinkle it over the pasta along with the basil.
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Reviews
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Great recipe. Normally I use cottage cheese when the recipe asks for ricotta but I ended up buying some ricotta on sale for a treat/change. Tried this recipe & loved it, I will have to splurge more often. I cut back the pasta to 5 1/2 oz for 4 servings & adjusted the other ingredients accordingly. Quick, easy & tasty dish, thanks for sharing.
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<p>Hello everyone! My name is Lori Pedroncelli. I am from Ohio originally, but lived in New Mexico for 3 years, before moving back several years ago. <br /><br />Like everyone here, I LOVE to cook. I used to feel that I didn't have time, but now I am learning to make time. It's so important to me to sit down to dinner together as a family. My favorite part of the day. <br /><br />Since I started working from home four years ago, it really has assisted in my flexibility to prepare a healthy, delicious dinner every night. <br /><br />I feel like I still have alot I can learn, especially when it comes to baking. <br /><br />I was married in September, 2006 to my best friend, Estevan. My husband and I share a love of cooking together. I really enjoy planning out the week and deciding what we will try next, and it takes the panic out of what's for dinner? <br /><br />I also try to do OAMC (once a month cooking) method when I can. <br /><br />I love the food netork, and I really love Rachel Ray and her cookbooks. I have recently been cooking alot out of her big orange book. It is my newest favorite. I am abit of a cookbook collector, and recently purchased a larger bookcase to store all of them in my kitchen. However, I tend to rely on recipezaar first now when I am looking for something in particular. I love this site and it's community of users! <br /><br />In my free time, I enjoy scrapbooking and would love to devote more time to it as a hobby. It is a great creative release for me. Estevan and I love to travel as much as we can as well. We were blessed with our first son 2 years ago (Grayson), and are enjoying being parents. We also have 3 furry kids, Bailey, (german shepard/ blue heeler) and 2 bichons - Bella and Jack. <br /><br />We love to entertain and typically host Thanksgiving and Christmas at our house for family. I enjoy putting the menus together and my husband is a huge help in the preparation! Couldn't do it without him.</p>
