Baked Four Cheese Pasta with Chicken

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Ingredients — preview

• Ingredients
• 1 pound penne pasta ziti, or large shells (see note)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
• 4 each garlic cloves minced
• 3 cups heavy cream

Preparation — preview

1. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. Meanwhile, bring 4 quarts water to a boil in a Dutch oven over high heat. Stir in 1 tablespoon salt and the pasta and cook, stirring often, until about half cooked, about 4 minutes. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of the pasta cooking water. Drain the pasta and toss with the oil; leave in the colander and set aside.