Monday, December 17, 2012

Pasta with Tomato/Red Wine Sauce

I've been meaning to use wine in cooking for a while now, but never got around to it. But, a recent post by someone I know inspired me to finally do it... This recipe is actually my husband's creation, he is a budding chef himself :)

Ingredients:
Carrots - sliced into 1 inch rounds
Tomatoes - 3 or 4, diced
Basil flavored Olive Oil
Onions - 1/4
Spring Onions - 2 stalks
Garlic - minced
Oregano
Bordeaux Red Wine - 6 oz
Juice of 1 lemon

Method:

  1. Cook the pasta according to directions, drain and set aside. 
  2. Heat a pan and add the basil flavored olive oil
  3. Once the oil is hot, add chopped onions and garlic and saute until onions have carmelized
  4. Add carrots and spread them across the pan. Cover and sweat.
  5. Add 1 oz of red wine to the pan and cover the pan once more
  6. After about 3-5 minutes, once carrots are tender, add chopped tomato to the pan. Add 1/2 of the remaining red wine and cover the pan. 
  7. Once the sauce starts to simmer, add the rest of the wine and continue to cook the sauce in the covered pan until the wine evaporates and the sauce thickens.
  8. Add the cooked pasta to the sauce, toss and make sure it is evenly coated. 
Yummy pasta with red wine sauce is ready to serve!

It's not a great picture, but here's what it looked like - tasted great!



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