[CH] Tonight's Dinner: Fettuccine w/Tomato-Jalapeno Sauce
RisaG (radiorlg@yahoo.com)
Wed, 1 Sep 2004 18:11:03 -0700 (PDT)
This was tonight's dinner - a quick one.
Spent most of the day at a Medical Center with my
husband, who needed a little procedure done. It was
supposed to take 3 hours, took about 1 hour more, with
his waiting before the procedure and then the recovery
time afterwards. We also had to wait 1/2 hr for the
cab!
Anyway, I was not much in the mood to cook but Steve
had to eat (he had to fast for over a day). So, I told
him I was making pasta.
I made plain sauce for Trev but I spiced up our sauce
a bit. It was delicious.
I didn't have time to make a whole homemade sauce so I
went the "semi-homemade" way - my own recipe not
Sandra Lee's - but I took her idea a bit. Had no time
to slow cook some sauce.
Anyway, this is what I did and it was quite good. The
only problem was that it wasn't spicy enough because I
seeded 1/2 the jalapenos. I should've left the seeds
in.
This was very good nonetheless.
* Exported from MasterCook *
Fettuccine with Tomato-Jalapeno
Sauce
Recipe By : RisaG
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Main Dish Pasta
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation
Method
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1 1/4 lb fettuccine noodles -- dried
salt
boiling water
Sauce:
1/2 26 oz jar tomato basil sauce
1 cup cherry tomato, whole -- halved
3 cloves garlic -- minced
olive ol
2 cloves garlic -- sliced thinly
2 jalapeno -- minced
salt and pepper
Garnish:
chopped jalapeno
minced garlic
For pasta:
Place water on the stovetop and bring to a boil. Add
some salt (1 tbsp per gallon of water). When boiling
rapidly, add pasta and cook according to package
directions (Barilla takes 12 minutes).
TO BE PREPARED 30 MINUTES BEFORE (OR AS FAR AS 1 DAY
AHEAD):
For sauce:
IN a saucepan, place the tomato basil sauce. Heat it
up.
IN microwaveable container, place sliced garlic and
jalapeno and a drizzle of olive oil. Sprinkle with a
touch of salt. Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 minute.
Remove from microwave, add tomatoes. Coat tomatoes
well with the garlic and oil, cover and cook on MED
for 3 minutes until the tomatoes break up a bit.
Remove from oven.
When sauce in saucepan simmers, add the
garlic-jalapeno mixture. Let it simmer for another 10
minutes, stirring once in awhile, to make sure it
doesn't burn on the bottom of the pan.
When pasta is ready, drain it well.
Place a hand-blender in saucepot, and blend until
pureed.
Place drained pasta back in pasta pot, add sauce, coat
well and then heat for 1 minute.
Serve with Garlic Bubble Loaf (warmed).
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RisaG
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