Pasta DishesSimple and Versatile Pasta with Garden Vegetables and Fresh Basil Recipe
This is a very basic pasta dish that is extremely flexible in what you can add or omit. You can try it with chicken, chorizo, or seafood and use a variety of seasonal vegetables.
Despite the whipping cream, this dish is very light and not heavy as some pasta dishes are. The shallots and white wine bring out a lot of extra flavours. If you like a bit of sweetness, add a small can of chopped tomatoes.
Easy Pasta with Garden Vegetables and Fresh Basil Recipe
3 large garlic cloves, chopped
1 sweet onion cut 1/2 inch chunks
2 shallots, diced
1/2 each green, red, yellow pepper cut 1/2 inch chunks
2 large tomatoes cut in chunks
25 snow peas cut in half
10 basil leaves, rolled and diced
500 ml whipping cream
White wine
Rotini pasta or your favourite pasta
Parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Depending on how you will have this as a side dish or main dish this can make 3-5 servings.
Cook pasta according to the package direction. Put peppers and snow peas in a
microwave safe bowl for about 1 minute and a half.
Saute garlic, onions and shallots, add salt. Add peppers, snow peas and tomatoes and continue to saute. Add salt and pepper to taste and a bit of white wine. Add whipping cream and let it reduce. If you add all the cream at once, be sure to keep an eye on it as it will reduce quickly. You want enough liquid in there so when you add the pasta and parmesan cheese it won"t soak it all up and become dry.
Once reduced, add pasta, parmesan cheese and basil. Mix well until pasta is coated.
You can serve it with cracked pepper on top and/or sprinkled with more parmesan cheese.