This is pasta with a sauce that is UNTYPICALLY light and we are really into. Because it’s still a red sauce I think that makes it seem like really hearty and definitely 100% not being deprived in any way. There’s no cream in the sauce. It’s almost entirely just roasted red pepper and onions. Plus GOAT CHEESE. Like my favorite thing to be in any dish ever. And I did penne. Why are penne so much sturdier than other pasta?
Is it that it’s like, a stronger shape? Or they are just made thicker for some reason? I like them for this because in a nice, thick sauce they hold up well.
(Not like YOU, RIGATONI. Pretty, but always caving in.)
(Lightened Up!) Red Pepper & Goat Cheese Pasta
Serves six
2 onions, sliced
4 tablespoons butter
24 ounces roasted red peppers
1/2 cup vegetable broth
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
8 ounces goat cheese, sliced
1 pound penne pasta, cooked al dente
Grated parmesan
Oregano
Saute onions in butter in a skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes.
Place onions and butter in a blender with roasted red peppers and puree until smooth.
Return puree to skillet and stir in broth, salt, pepper, and goat cheese. Stir occasionally, heat until goat cheese is melted and evenly distributed.
Toss cooked penne in sauce and top with grated parmesan and oregano.
- 2 onions, sliced
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 24 ounces roasted red peppers
- ½ cup vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 8 ounces goat cheese, sliced
- 1 pound penne pasta, cooked al dente
- Grated parmesan
- Oregano
- Saute onions in butter in a skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Place onions and butter in a blender with roasted red peppers and puree until smooth.
- Return puree to skillet and stir in broth, salt, pepper, and goat cheese. Stir occasionally, heat until goat cheese is melted and evenly distributed.
- Toss cooked penne in sauce and top with grated parmesan and oregano.
Adapted from The Pioneer Woman.