Monday, April 21, 2008

Invention VI - Simplest pasta ever!

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For the days when you won't make a sauce but yet want a tasty pasta.
Ingredients are the must have ingredients of any Italian dish-

  • Any filled pasta, preferably veggie filled kind.
  • Onions, julienned
  • Basil paste/leaves/any other form to your liking
  • Pepper
  • Overwhelming amount of garlic cloves peeled and sliced.
  • Walnuts for garnish
  • Olive oil
  • Salt

How to -
Set aside water for boiling the pasta. 
Saute onions in olive oil until translucent/pink, add garlic cloves, ground black pepper, saute slightly longer, add basil, salt. You can add a slew of herbs at this point to suit your nose and palate. Set aside.

When the water comes to a boil, add salt and then pasta. Remove pasta while it is still al dente. 

On the serving dish, add 4-5 ravioli pieces, add the sauted onions in herbs. Top with walnuts that have also been either toasted or roasted in olive oil.

It is amazing how such simple ingredients make for a lovely Sunday dinner. Goes well with a Viognier! I am having my glass even while I blog this.

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