Recipe

Romanos Macaroni Grills Penne Rustica Recipe

	Cherylannxo / All my dishes 1 year, 4 months ago A wonderful dish combining 3 meats and pasta in a savory cream sauce, served with a green or caesar salad and homemade garlic bread sticks Prep:30m Cook:55m Servings:6	Cherylannxo
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Ingredients

---Gratinata Sauce:

2 tsp. butter

2 tsp. chopped garlic

1 tsp. Dijon mustard

1 tsp. chopped rosemary

1 cup marsala wine

1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

8 cups heavy cream

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---Penne Rustica:

1 oz. pancetta or bacon

18 large shrimp (21-25 count) peeled and deveined

12 ozs. grilled chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces

4 1/2 cups Gratinata Sauce

3 lbs. cooked Penne pasta

3 tsp. pimentos, minced

6 ozs. butter

1 tsp. chopped shallots

salt and pepper, to taste

1 cup Parmesan cheese

1/2 tsp paprika

6 sprigs fresh rosemary

Directions

--For Gratinata Sauce:

In a Dutch oven, over medium-high heat, saute butter, garlic and rosemary until garlic begins to brown, but do not burn the garlic.

Add marsala wine and reduce by 1/3.

Add remaining ingredients and reduce by half of original volume, stirring frequently. Set aside.

--For Penne Rustica:

In the meantime, In a large skillet, saute pancetta until it begins to brown.

Add butter, shallots and shrimp. Cook until shrimp are pink but still translucent, don't over cook, or you'll be able to bounce them off the kitchen floor (rubbery).

Add chicken, salt and pepper; mix thoroughly.

Add Gratinata sauce and 1/2 of parmesan cheese and simmer until sauce thickens.

In a large bowl, combine shrimp and chicken mixture with precooked pasta.

Place mixture into a large baking dish.

Top with remaining cheese and pimentos, and paprika.

Bake at 475* for 10-15 minutes.

Remove and garnish with fresh rosemary sprigs

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