• Cookbook Store

    Lots of great cookbooks and readers' comments.

    Click here



 

Peppery Portugese Pasta Recipe


   
Recipe Categories: Pasta Recipes
Average Rating: (2 votes)
Yield: 4 servings
 
Ingredients
  2  tb Olive Oil  
  2  md Onions, Peeled and Coarsely  
    -Chopped  
  2   Carrots, Peeled and Finely  
    -Chopped  
  3   Leeks, Trimmed and Roughly  
    -Chopped  
  4  lg Tomatoes, Skinned and  
    -Chopped  
  1 1/2  ts Tomato Puree  
  3  ts Dried Basil  
  2  ts Hot Chilli Sauce  
  2   Cloves Garlic, Peeled and  
    -Crushed  
  3  oz French Beans, Trimmed  
    Salt and Pepper  
  --------------TO SERVE------------------  
    Cooked Spaghetti  
    Grated Cheese  
  -------------TO GARNISH-----------------  
    Olives  
    Chopped Parsley  
 
Instructions
 
  1. In a saucepan, heat olive oil. Add onions, carrots and leeks, and saute over a low heat for 10 minutes, until they start to soften.

 
  2. Mix in the chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, basil, hot chilli sauce and garlic. Simmer, Covered, for 15 minutes.

 
  3. Add french beans and continue cooking, uncovered, for a further 10 minutes, or until mixture is reduced. Season to taste.

 
  4. Serve vegetable mixture on a bed of spaghetti, and top with grated cheese. Garnish with olives and chopped parsley.

 
  Source: CHAT Magazine

 
   


 



  Printable Version  
  Add to your cook book  
  Add Your Comments  
  E-mail to a Friend  
  Bookmark @ Del.icio.us  
Rate this recipe
       Poor Best