Monday, November 12, 2012

Puttenesca








So I watched this movie "A Series of Unfortunate events" the children cooked a pasta called Puttenesca, It looked great so I did some looking around and came up with my own put together pasta.  I omitted anchovies because well because. The dish turned out great and pretty simple.

Ingredients
8 ounces Spaghetti 
2Tbsp Olive Oil 
1/2  Red Onion, Sliced 
1-1/2c Grape Tomatoes, Halved 
3/4c  White Wine 
2 cloves Garlic 
1/2c Assorted Pitted Olives 
Red  Pepper
Flat leaf Parsley
1/2c chicken stock
1tbsp tomato paste
dash of sugar
2 stems of whole basil leaves 
Parmesan Cheese

Method
Cook pasta until al dente.
Mash garlic,  and olives using a mortar or chop them finely together. Set aside.
.Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add sliced red onions and cook until slightly caramelized. Add halved tomatoes and red pepper and cook for a couple of minutes. Pour in broth tomato paste sugar and wine  and cook for another two minutes, then pour in garlic/olive mixture. Stir and continue cooking for several minutes, or until sauce is nice and reduced and wonderful. Add Garlic salt and pepper to taste.
Drain pasta and add to the skillet. Add  shaved Parmesan and toss to coat pasta in the sauce.
Tear basil leaves and parsley and sprinkle over the top. Serve right out of the skillet

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