how long to cook penne pasta

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It takes only 11 minutes to express your emotions preparing a beautiful dish of Penne for the people you care for the most.

One of the most famous Italian pasta shapes and loved across Italy, Penne, which means "pen" in Italian, gets its name from its shape. The tube-shape with angled ends was inspired by the quill of an old style ink pen.

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The large diameter and ridges of Penne make it ideal for retaining sauces on the entire surface, inside and out! Try Penne with chunkier meat or vegetable-based sauces, refined dairy-based sauces, like a mushroom cream sauce, tomato sauces, or spicy sauces. Penne is also delicious in baked casserole dishes, known as "pasta al forno."

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Our Chef's tip

Add a generous pinch of sea salt to the cooking water to enhance the pasta's flavor.

Avoid adding oil to the water as it prevents sauce from clinging to the pasta.

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COOKING YOUR PASTA

Bring 4 - 6 quarts of water to a rolling boil, add salt to taste.

Add contents of package to boiling water. Stir gently.

Return to a boil. For authentic "al dente" pasta, boil uncovered, stirring occasionally for11 minutes. For more tender pasta, boil an additional 1 minute.

Remove from heat. Drain well.

Serve immediately with your favorite Barilla sauce.

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