Pasta In The Pink With Red Pepper Puree Recipes

PASTA IN THE PINK WITH RED PEPPER PUREE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°.
• Bring 5 quarts of water to a boil in a big pot.
• Halve the peppers, remove the seeds, and puree them in a blender; you should have about 1 cup puree.
• In a big bowl, combine all the ingredients except the pasta and butter.
• Parboil the pasta for 4 minutes; drain and add to the ingredients in the bowl; tossing to combine.
• Divide the pasta mixture among 6-8 individual, shallow, ceramic gratin dishes (1 ½ to 2 cups capacity).
• Dot with butter and bake until bubbly and brown on top, about 7-10 minutes.

PINK FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Steps:

• Heat butter over moderately-high heat until foam subsides.
• Saute garlic and broccoli, stirring, for 2 minutes.
• Remove with slotted spoon and transfer to a plate.
• Add cream to skillet and simmer, stirring, for 3-5 minutes, or until thickened slightly.
• Stir in tomatoes, prosciutto and broccoli and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes; season to taste (I now puree the tomatoes before using as one of my kids does not like tomato 'pieces' in his food).
• Cook fettucine until al dente.
• In a large bowl, toss fettucine with 1/3 of the sauce until coated well.
• Transfer to serving plates and spoon remaining sauce and vegetables over.
• Sprinkle with cheese and garnish with parsley.

RED PEPPER PUREE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Line a roasting pan with enough aluminum foil to fold over the top later. Put the bell peppers in the pan and the pan in the oven. Roast, turning the peppers about every 10 minutes, until they collapse, about 40 minutes. Remove from the oven; fold the foil over the peppers and allow them to cool.
• Working over a bowl, remove the core, skin and seeds from each of the peppers, reserving some of the liquid.
• Put the pepper pulp in a food processor with about two tablespoons of the reserved liquid. Add a large pinch of salt and turn on the machine; drizzle the oil in through the feed tube. Stop the machine, then taste and add more salt and/or olive oil if necessary. Store, well-covered, in the refrigerator (for several days) or the freezer (up to a month).

ROASTED RED PEPPER PUREE W/ PROSCIUTTO AND LINGUINE

Steps:

• Cut the red peppers in half, remove and discard the seeds and inner membranes. Flatten the pepper with the heel of your hand and place skin side up on a baking sheet, repeat with other peppers. Broil the peppers until they are completely charred and blackened. THE SKIN WILL NOT PEEL OFF EASILY UNLESS ITS BURNED! Remove the peppers to a plastic or paper bag and close tightly, place in the freezer until the peppers are cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes.
• With your fingers, peel and discard the loosened skin from the peppers, rinse under water.
• Roughly chop the peppers and combine them with the oil, parsley, Basil and garlic in a food processor. If using a food mill or a blender, puree the vegetables first, then add the other ingredients.
• Spray an 8 inch skilled with cooking spray, and sauté the prosciutto over high heat, just to heat through.
• Stir the meat into the red pepper puree, add salt and pepper and taste to adjust seasoning and toss with linguine, or pour over bed of linguine and serve hot.
• YUMMY!