Saturday, May 3, 2008

Simple Italian Pasta



(3 - 4 Servings)


Ingredients


250 gms of Penne Regatti Pasta
1 small pack of DEL MONTE Tomato Paste
1 can of Mushroom Sliced
100 gms of cooked ham, sliced into 1cm squares
*Optional 1 tsp hot sauce
1 onion sliced into rings
3 cloves of garlic
1 KNORR cubes chicken flavor
olive oil
Fresh Basil
sugar
salt and pepper


Procedure.


1. Boil 1L of water in a big saucepan, with oil, one palm of salt.
2. Once on boil add in 250 grams of pasta til cooked for 7-10 minutes.

3. Saute garlic and onion over minimal oil in a separate hot saucepan.
4. throw in mushroom, sauteing for 3minutes, the add in cooked ham.

5. Meanwhile continually stirring the pasta on the other bowl.

6. Add in chopped basil on the meat and mushroom mixture.
7. Add the tomato paste but do not stir yet.

8. Drain Pasta and add in to the meat mushroom mixture
9. Stir until the pasta is coated with tomatoe paste.
10. Add in knorr cubes.
11. sugar. salt and pepper.
12. you may add water about 50 ml to loosen the thickness of tomato paste as desired.


*best served with toasted whole wheat bread brushed with minimal olive oil.
*Bon'a Petito!!!

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