You Won't Look At Pasta The Same Way Again - Hearty Winter Pasta

Michael Kossowsky
by Michael Kossowsky
3-4 Bowls
55 min

I was recently eating at a pasta restaurant and had something unexpectedly delicious. Here is my attempt at recreating it.

Start by roughly chopping 4 red peppers and 4 yellow peppers, and 2 tomatoes. Additionally chop 1 jalapeno (do less if you like less heat) and peel 4 cloves of garlic. Toss in olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Roast at 425 °F (225 °C) for about half an hour.

In the meantime cook about 18 oz (500g) of uncooked pasta of your choice (I used penne) according to the packaging.

Once your vegtables have been removed from the oven and cooled for a few minutes - transfer them to a blender or bowl that you can use a immersion blender in.

Blend the roasted vegtables.

Grab a whole fistful of cilantro (I like to soak in vegetable wash for a few minutes and thoroughly rinse)

Roughly chop your cilantro.

Add your cilantro and smoked paprika and blend until everything is smooth.

Transfer to a pot and add your sweet cooking cream (You can use regular cream too if you want less sweetness)

Bring to a gentle boil and remove from the heat. Taste and add additional salt and pepper and more cream if necessary.

Mix in your pasta.

Plate, top with additional cilantro and enjoy.

So delicious!

You Won't Look At Pasta The Same Way Again - Hearty Winter Pasta
Recipe details
  • 3-4  Bowls
  • Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 45 Minutes Total time: 55 min
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Ingredients
Pasta Sauce
  • 4 red peppers
  • 4 yellow peppers
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 jalapeno pepper
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon of smoked paprika
  • 1 cup of sweet cooking cream
  • 1 bunch of cilantro
  • 1 bag of uncooked pasta
Instructions
Pasta sauce
Roughly chop 4 red peppers and 4 yellow peppers, 2 tomatoes, and 1 jalapeno
Peel 4 cloves of garlic
Toss with olive oil and season with salt and pepper
Roast at 425 °F (225 °C) for 30 minutes
Cook pasta according to packaging
Cool roasted veg
Blend until smooth using a blender or immersion blender
Roughly chop a handful of cilantro and add a 1/2 teaspoon of smoked paprika 
Blend until smooth
Transfer to a pot and add 1 cup of sweet cooking cream
Bring to a boil
Taste and add additional salt and pepper if needed
Add cooked pasta and mix
Plate, top with additional cilantro and enjoy.
Tips
  • Feel free to add a cheese of your choice - baby mozzarella balls go really well.
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  • Kathy Seidel McAlister Kathy Seidel McAlister on Jan 07, 2023

    What is “sweet cream”?

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    • Michael Kossowsky Michael Kossowsky on Jan 16, 2023

      Sorry for the delayed reply - so in my supermarket there is an item called cooking cream which is sometimes labeled as culinary cream, and it is stabilized to withstand high cooking temperatures without curdling or breaking. It contains less butterfat than heavy cream, but it's lighter and more liquid than heavy cream. I think it is thicker than half and half. I guess somewhere in between half and half and heavy cream. In my supermarket they have two types one that has sugar added to make it sweet and one that doesn't. I would am sure half and half or heavy cream would work just fine in this recipe.

  • Lov30045426 Lov30045426 on Jan 07, 2023

    That was my question also.....

    What is sweet cooking cream????

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    • Michael Kossowsky Michael Kossowsky on Jan 16, 2023

      Sorry for the delayed reply - so in my supermarket there is an item called cooking cream which is sometimes labeled as culinary cream, and it is stabilized to withstand high cooking temperatures without curdling or breaking. It contains less butterfat than heavy cream, but it's lighter and more liquid than heavy cream. I think it is thicker than half and half. I guess somewhere in between half and half and heavy cream. In my supermarket they have two types one that has sugar added to make it sweet and one that doesn't. I would am sure half and half or heavy cream would work just fine in this recipe.

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