Friday, April 15, 2011

What's for Dinner?

Light and Fresh Summer Pasta

K..... So I don't really have a "recipe" for this - sorry!  I just made it and liked it.

1 lb of angel hair pasta
4 garlic cloves (you can add more)
fresh sage diced as small as possible
4 tomatoes (mine were kind of small... I'd use more if i had them)
extra virgin olive oil
real shaved Parmesan cheese

cook your pasta, drain and set to the side.  in a frying pan warm up about 5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.  press your garlic through a garlic press and add to the warm oil.  i do this on a very low to low/medium temp (i have a gas stove) because I'm not cooking the garlic i just want to get it warm enough that the natural flavor starts to come out of it and you can really smell it.  once that happens (on low it takes a few minutes... seriously you'll smell it) i take the pan off the heat and through in my fresh sage that i have diced as small as i can get it, stir it up.  this is off the heat.  the warm oil bring out the flavor/scent of the sage and you're good to go.  add the oil/herb mix into the cooked past, add diced tomato and toss.  add more extra virgin olive oil to taste and texture.  you want a loose pasta, if you don't have enough oil the pasta will stick together and not mix as well.  once you have served the pasta onto a plate/bowl, add the shaved parm cheese and there you go!!  i love it just like that but my husband and mother-in-law like to add Italian salad dressing to it.  whatever works!

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