Bon Appeitt Penne Tomatoes Olive And Two Cheeses Recipes

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons of the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and garlic and sauté for a few minutes until onion is translucent.
• Add tomatoes, basil and crushed red pepper.
• (See note below about the pepper).
• Crush tomatoes with a potato masher to break into smaller pieces.
• Add broth and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until sauce is reduced to 6 cups, stirring occasionally.
• This will take about an hour.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• When sauce is close to done, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until it is just tender but still a little bit firm to the bite.
• Drain pasta and toss with remaining 3 tablespoons of olive oil.
• Stir in pasta mixing thoroughly.
• Mix in Havarti cheese.
• Pour into 13x9/2-inch glass baking dish.
• Sprinkle top with olives and then the Parmesan cheese.
• Bake at 350° until heated thoroughly, about 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle with fresh basil before serving.
• Note: Use your best judgment about the crushed red pepper.
• I found 1 1/2 teaspoons quite spicy.
• My whole family can enjoy this dish if I only use 1 teaspoon.

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add garlic and sauté until pale golden, about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and olives. Sauté until tomatoes begin to release their juice, about 5 minutes. Add Port and next 6 ingredients. Simmer until sauce thickens slightly, about 6 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain. Transfer to large bowl. Pour sauce over pasta; toss. Garnish with additional basil. Serve, passing Parmesan separately.

Steps:

• HEAT 3 TBLS OIL IN HEAVY LARGE dUTCH OVEN OVER MED-HIGH HEAT.
• ADD ONIONS AND GARLIC; SAUTE UNTIL ONION IS TRANSLUCENT, ABOUT 5 MINS.
• MIX IN TOMATOES, DRIED BASIL AND CRUSHED RED PEPPER
• BRING TO A BOIL, BREAKING UP TOMATOES WITH BACK OF SPOON.
• ADD BROTH,BRING TO A BOIL.
• REDUCE HEAT TO MEDIUM SIMMER UNTIL MIXTURE THICKENS TO CHUNKY SAUCE AND IS REDUCED TO 6 CUPS, STIRRING OCCASIONALLY, ABOUT 1 HOUR 10 MINS
• (CAN BE MADE 2 DAYS AHEAD)
• PREHEAT OVEN 375.
• COOK PASTA, DRAIN WELL
• MIX SAUCE AND COOKED PASTA TO BLEND. MIX IN HAVARTI CHEESE.
• TRANSFER PASTA TO 13 X 9 X 2 INCH GLASS BAKING DISH. SPRINKLE WITH PARM CHEESE
• BAKE UNTIL PASTA IS HEATED THROUGH ABOUT 30 MINS.