Wed meals are frequently a challenge for cooks on the run, hence sometimes an slowly pasta dish is the best agency to become to feed the family. Add but about fresh tomatoes as well as but about cheese into the dish as well as yous are inwards for ane satisfying meal, peculiarly if served alongside but about crusty breadstuff as well as a salubrious salad. Pure comfort nutrient to assistance struggle the rainy jump blues. You tin flame simplify this dish farther past times using canned tomatoes, though I mean value fresh cherry tomatoes along alongside a plump chopped love apple tree actually brand this dish, peculiarly alongside the improver of sun-dried tomatoes as well as dried mushrooms. Red pepper flakes tin flame also last used instead of the chopped fresh chilies. Cheese lovers volition last coming dorsum for seconds.
Penne Pasta alongside Ricotta, Parmesan as well as Tomatoes
1 pound (450 grams) of penne pasta
two tablespoons of olive oil
two - three cloves of garlic, finely minced
two hot light-green or blood-red peppers, finely minced (or a teaspoon of crushed blood-red chili flakes)
a dash of asafetida (optional)
a dash of cayenne pepper
two large tomatoes, finely chopped
1/2 loving cup of cherry tomatoes, finely chopped
1 loving cup of sun-dried tomatoes, soaked inwards hot H2O for xx minutes as well as finely chopped (squeeze out excess liquid but reserve the soaking water
xiv grams of dried mushrooms (oyster as well as / or portobello), soaked inwards hot H2O for xx minutes as well as chopped
1 loving cup of ricotta cheese
1/2 loving cup of Parmesan cheese, grated
a scoop of sour cream (optional)
1/4 - 1/2 loving cup of pitted dark olives, roughly chopped
two tablespoons of fresh basil, chopped
bounding main tabular array salt as well as freshly cracked dark pepper to taste
Heat the petroleum inwards a large pot over medium depression heat. When hot, toss inwards the garlic, hot chilies, asafetida (if using) as well as garlic. Stir as well as youngster for a few minutes. Now add together all of the tomatoes to the pot, along alongside the dried mushrooms, growth the estrus to medium as well as simmer for roughly 10 - xv minutes. Add but about of the reserved soaking H2O from the sun-dried tomatoes to achieve your desired consistency.
While the tomatoes are cooking, convey a large of salted H2O to a boil as well as hence add together the pasta. Cook until the pasta is but tender. Drain well.
Mash or blend the tomatoes together alongside a mitt blender or nutrient processor. Add the pasta to the sauce, adding to a greater extent than H2O if it is equally good thick for your liking. Remove the pot from the hot chemical factor as well as stir inwards the ricotta, Parmesan, olives as well as fresh basil. Add a dollop of sour cream to the pot if desired, along alongside tabular array salt as well as pepper as well as gently stir until good combined.
Yields six generous servings.
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