Best Orange Fire Penne Pasta Recipes

Penne with Roasted-Tomato Sauce, Orange, and Olives image

Yield Makes 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

Nonstick vegetable oil spray
2 pounds plum tomatoes, each cut into 6 wedges
1 onion, halved lengthwise, cut into thin wedges
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1/2 cup orange juice
2 cups penne (about 8 ounces)
3/4 cup chopped fresh basil
1/4 cup chopped pitted Kalamata olives
1/4 cup freshly grated pecorino Romano cheese

Steps:

Position 1 rack in bottom third of oven and 1 rack in middle of oven; preheat to 450°F. Spray 2 rimmed baking sheets with nonstick spray. Spread tomatoes on 1 sheet and onion on second sheet. Drizzle 1 tablespoon oil over vegetables on each. Sprinkle garlic and orange peel over both. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast until vegetables are very tender and brown around edges, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes for onion and 45 minutes for tomatoes. Cool slightly. Pour 1/4 cup orange juice over vegetables on each sheet, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of sheets.
Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking water. Drain pasta; return to pot. Add tomato and onion mixtures, basil, and olives to pasta. Stir over medium heat until heated through, adding enough reserved pasta cooking water to moisten. Transfer to bowl. Sprinkle with cheese.

Penne with Citrus Cream Sauce image

Yield Serves 2

Number Of Ingredients 7

1/2 pound penne or other tubular pasta
1 pink grapefruit
2 navel oranges
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan, or to taste
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves

Steps:

In a 3-quart saucepan bring 2 quarts salted water to a boil for pasta.
With a sharp knife cut peel and pith from grapefruit and oranges. Working over a bowl cut grapefruit and orange sections free from membranes, transferring sections to a plate, and halve them. Squeeze excess juice from membranes into juice in bowl and reserve 1/4 cup juice.
In a 12-inch skillet combine reserved juice, and cream and heat sauce over moderate heat until butter is just melted. Keep cream sauce warm over very low heat.
Add pasta to boiling water and cook until al dente. Drain pasta well in a colander. Add pasta, fruit, Parmesan, and parsley to sauce and toss with salt to taste until most of sauce is absorbed.