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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Quick and Easy Roasted Red Pepper Pasta

Here is what you need.  1/2 cup of cream, 1 pound of pasta, 1 jar of roasted red pepper, 1 medium onion, a few cloves of garlic, 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese and a couple tablespoons of butter which I forgot to put in my pepper.

Finely chop 1 medium onion or 1/2 large onion and a few cloves of garlic to you have about 1 tablesppoon of garlic chopped or pressed. Saute in a hot skillet in a couple tablespoons of melted butter.
 Drain the peppers and roughly chop them and add them to the skillet

Cook them until most of the liquid is gone and the onions are tender.

Remove from skillet and either food process or I used my immersion blender.  Processes until smooth.
Melt a little more butter in skillet and return pepper and onion mixture back to pan and bring to a simmer.
Add 1/2 cup of cream
 
Add a good cup of grated Paresam cheese more is always better
 
 Add a good amount of black pepper and some salt
 Drain the pasta whatever kind you like I found these fun ones.
 Add sauce to pasta
 Mix together
 Chop some fresh basil
 Put in a bowl
Top with basil and some more cheese

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