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Bowtie pasta with roasted red pepper sauce and parmesan cheese

Roasted Red Pepper Pasta

Course Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian
Keyword Pasta, Red Pepper
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Roasting Red Peppers 1 hour
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 red bell peppers
  • 5 medium cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp cream cheese estimate, add a dollop
  • 1 lbs pasta
  • 1/2 - 1 tsp basil
  • salt to taste
  • parmesan for topping

Instructions

Roasted Red Peppers

  1. Seed and cut both peppers into quarters.

  2. Place on greased baking sheet. 

  3. Roast at 375° for 30 minutes. Their skin should be toasty and wrinkly. The wrinklier they are the easier they are to peel.

  4. Immediately place peppers in sealed container to steam. 

  5. Once the container is cooled off (~30 min) peel the skin from the peppers and discard. 

Pasta & Sauce

  1. Place water on to boil, add pasta when ready and cook to desired tenderness.

  2. While water is heating, blend peeled roasted peppers with garlic until smooth.

  3. Dump puree into skillet on low to medium heat.

  4. After sauce has heated and cooked a bit (the heat helps to take a little edge off of the raw garlic), add cream cheese, basil and salt. Stir well.

  5. Add drained pasta to sauce.

  6. Top with parmesan and additional basil. Enjoy!