Thursday, November 16, 2006

Hey Pesto!

Had a great meal last night, and only took 20 minutes- managed most of it during half-time in the Holland-England friendly.

Ingredients: Pasta, 1 red onion (roughly chopped), 1 Portobello mushroom (roughly chopped), 1 clove garlic (cut into slivers), 1 chilli (de-seeded & finely chopped), cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, 1/2 pot of sun-dried tomato pesto, fresh rosemary (chopped), black pepper (freshly crushed) and Parmesan (finely grated).

I used Sacla sun-dried tomato pesto- because I'd already got half a pot in the fridge. I used fusilli pasta, but any short pasta's fine. Portobello mushrooms are the big, flat kind- any sort's OK, but you might need to increase the quantity. And I used a whole stalk's worth of rosemary leaves. The Italians substitute rosemary for basil during the winter months, I'm told.
I'm crushing my black peppercorns by hand in a pestle & mortar. I know it sounds crazy- it's not me being pretentious, but I broke my mill a few months ago, and haven't got round to getting a new one.

Method: Boil pasta. Then take a frying pan- heat, then add oil, and when that's hot, fry the red onion moderately for a few minutes.
Add the mushrooms and continue frying for another minute or so, then add the garlic & chilli.
Add a splash of cider vinegar & balsamic vinegar, and also the rosemary, and then gently fry until all the liquid's absorbed.
Add the pesto to a clean saucepan, add the boiled pasta, plus the fried ingredients, and stir together with a fork, and warm through.
Serve on a warm plate & season with the pepper, adding the Parmesan.

Easy, and I think that's great- the red onion and the vinegars combine really well together. White onion wouldn't be quite as tasty.

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