Thursday, January 26, 2012

2012 - A New Year of Recipes

 I talked to Sara about attempting the recipe challenge again but maybe making it a bit more realistic...one new recipe a month, not a week!
Here's one I tried last week.  Good stuff and also made good leftovers.

Pepperoni Penne Carbonara
*From A Taste of Home's Simple and Delicious


Ingredients
3 C. uncooked penne pasta
2 C. chopped sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil)
3 C. boiling water
1/4 butter, cubed
1/2 tsp. minced garlic
1 C. sliced turkey pepperoni
1 C. shredded Parmesan cheese
1 C. heavy whipping cream
3 Tbsp. minced fresh basil
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper

Directions
  • Cook pasta.  
  • Soak tomatoes in boiling water for 10 minutes, drain well. 
  • Saute tomatoes in butter in a large skillet for 3 minutes.  Add garlic, cook 1 minute longer. 
  • Stir in pepperoni, cheese, cream, basil, salt, and pepper.  Cook over low heat for 3 minutes or until heated through. 
  • Drain penne, toss with sauce.
The results
Very easy!  Also nice and colorful so pleasing to the eye.  My grocery store was out of turkey pepperoni so I used regular.  Also used sun-dried tomatoes that were packed in oil - oh well.  May have made it a bit greasier but you already have the heavy whipping cream so calorie counting has already said it's good-byes! I was not conservative with the fresh garlic so my house smelled like an Italian restaurant.  Both Winston and Luke seemed to like it so it will be making another appearance at our table soon. 

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