cheat’s home-made pappardelle with quick tomato sauce [Jamie Oliver.Com]

cheat’s home-made pappardelle with quick tomato sauce
main courses | serves 2

ingredients
• extra virgin olive oil
• 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
• ½–1 fresh red chilli, halved, deseeded and finely sliced
• a small bunch of fresh basil, leaves picked
• 1 x 400g can good-quality chopped tomatoes
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 250g fresh lasagne sheets
• freshly grated Parmesan cheese, to serve

Homemade pasta sauce is so easy, and you can sling it together in around the time it takes to open a jar and heat it up.

Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat and add a good few lugs of olive oil. When the oil’s hot, add the garlic and chilli and fry until lightly coloured. Drop in most of the basil – stand back as it will crackle and spit in the oil – and then, after a few seconds, add the tomatoes. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 5 minutes. You’ll end up with a chunky sauce – if you like it smoother, pass the sauce through a coarse sieve. Taste the sauce and season with salt and pepper. Keep warm.

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. On a lightly floured work surface, cut the lasagne sheets into strips with a knife or a pastry wheel. When the water is at a rolling boil, add the pasta and cook for a few minutes until just al dente.

Drain the pasta strips in a colander, reserving a little of the cooking water.

Stir the pasta into the warm sauce. If it’s a bit thick, add a few spoonfuls of the cooking water to loosen it up. Sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and the reserved basil leaves and serve immediately.

Taken from
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pasta-recipes/cheat-s-home-made-pappardelle-with-quick

I do not claim the words above are my own. This recipe was taken from another website just simply re-posted to pass it on :].

Better Than Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce

SERVES 4 -6
Ingredients

* 1/2 cup sweet butter
* 2 garlic cloves, minced
* 2 cups heavy cream
* 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
* 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
* 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese
* 1 (12 ounce) box angel hair pasta

Directions

1.Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium/low heat.
2.Add the garlic, cream, white pepper and bring mixture to a simmer.
3.Stir often.
4.Add the Parmesan cheese and simmer sauce for 8-10 minutes or until sauce has thickened and is smooth.
5.When sauce has thickened add the Mozzarella cheese and stir until smooth. STIR FREQUENTLY.
6.While the sauce cooks, boil noodles for 3-5 minutes.
Place pasta on serving plates and spoon sauce over pasta.

From
http://www.recipezaar.com/Better-Than-Olive-Garden-Alfredo-Sauce-141983

Verdict: 8 out 10
Remake: Yes

Notes: I served this to a few coworkers and friends, absolutely loved this recipe.
But I did add a twist to it.

I took shrimp and pan fried until crisp and than topped with lemon.

I than pan fried white mushroom until browned topped with garlic salt and green onion.

This was also served with a chilled Beringer Moscato and 7 deadly zins red wine brought co workers.

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