Baked Four-Cheese Pasta

Name: Baked Four-Cheese Pasta
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 slices, bacon, chopped fine; 1 small, onion, chopped fine; 2 , garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 cup, grated Parmesan cheese; , Ground black pepper; , Salt; 3 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 1 cup, heavy cream; 1 cup, frozen peas; 1 cup, shredded Italian 4-cheese blend (see recipe headnote); 3/4 pound, penne pasta or ziti (about 4 cups)

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2007

Our recipe improves upon this classic crowd-pleaser by adding bacon and peas for flavor and texture.

SERVES4

TIME30 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Most recipes for baked four-cheese pasta produce heavy pasta casseroles with stringy cheese and mushy noodles. To perfect this classic Italian pasta dish, we used a preshredded Italian cheese blend, which was much more efficient than buying...

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