Pasta with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce at home
- Prep 5 minutes
- Cook 15 minutes
- Total 20 minutes
Pasta with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce at home is a pasta recipe on Avoteb. Plan on 20 minutes from start to plate. The amounts and the method are both on this page.
Ingredients
- 1 pound (16 oz.) pasta (I used whole-wheat penne pasta)
- roasted red pepper sauce (see below)
- (optional toppings: extra chopped fresh basil, Parmesan cheese, toasted pine nuts)
- 1 jar (15.5 Ounces) roasted red peppers
- 1 small white onion, diced (about 1 cup diced)
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1/2 cup chicken stock (or vegetable stock)
- 1 Tbsp. honey
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper, more/less to taste
- 1/4 tsp. freshly-ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup roughly-chopped fresh basil
- 1/4 cup shredded or grated Parmesan cheese
- (**see optional add-ins in note below**)
Method
Leave pasta al dente in a pot of generously-salted boiling water, according to package instructions. (See below for optimal timing suggestions for cooking the pasta and the sauce.)
As your pasta water is heating up to a boil, make the roasted red pepper sauce. Using a blender or food processor, add roasted red peppers (with juices), onion and garlic and pulse until combined and smooth.
Warm olive oil in a large saute pan over medium a hot burner. Tip in the roasted red pepper mixture, and saute for 5 minutes or until the sauce begins to let it bubble gently. Stir in the remaining sauce ingredients (stock, honey, salt, crushed red pepper, black pepper and basil), and bring back to a let it bubble gently. Lower heat to medium-low, and let the sauce let it bubble gently for another 5-10 minutes or until your pasta is done.
(Timing-wise, the cook typically add the dried pasta to the pot of water to begin cooking once the cook sauce has reached a let it bubble gently. That way the sauce gets to let it bubble gently for the amount of time it takes to cook the pasta.)
Once your pasta reaches al dente, pour off it and move the pasta to the saute pan of sauce. Turn to combine. Plate while it is hot, garnished with extra toppings if desired.
