Pasta Extravaganza
October 5, 2011Ingredients
1 x 500 or 750 gm pack of pasta (doesn't matter, although spirals are delightful).
5 x litres of water.
1 x jar of pasta sauce (of tomato construction). This may include passata or a 5-brothers (re)mix.
1x Handful of Kalimata olives without pips.
10 x strips of sun-dried tomatos.
1 x cup of frozen or fresh beans.
1 x cup of frozen or fresh peas.
3 x garlic cloves.
A hint of pepper and a dash of salt.
Boil the water in a large pot on the stove-top. Once the water appears to be boiled, start another smaller pot on medium heat next to it. This pot will contain the sauce. Into this second pot, pour the sauce. Add frozen beans and peas (or add later if fresh). Start chopping and adding olives and sun-dried tomatos. Crush the garlic cloves with the back of a knife - just as Harry does. This should extract the clove more crisply and cleanly. Finely chop, or crush and drop in sauce. Add a dash of pepper and salt. And perhaps even some cinnamon if feeling a little risqué. Leave on heat, while pasta is inserted into boiling water and cooked according to instructions. Slosh the sauce all over each dish's pasta. Make it look pretty. The dish deserves it.
Serve. Perhaps with some brusciutto or garlic bread.
Beat that, Curtis Stone, you poser.
Posted by Matt Taylor. Posted In : Food
