Tomato Nut Pasta Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• While you are preparing pasta according to package directions, make sauce.
• Heat oil in sauce pan and add onion, garlic, wax pepper (pepperochini), walnuts and Italian seasoning. Saute for a few minutes until onion is slightly tender. Add tomatoes and crush with fork just slightly, leaving them in chunks. Bring sauce to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes while pasta is boiling. Drain pasta.
• Place pasta in center of large serving bowl and top with sauce. Serve with parmesan cheese if desired and Italian bread.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to the package's directions.
• Fry the bacon in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until the edges begin to crisp, about 5 minutes. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat.
• Stir in the leek and saute for 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes, peanuts, thyme, salt, and pepper and stir to combine. Cook for 2 minutes, then add the sherry and scrape any bits off the bottom of the pan. When the sherry has nearly evaporated, about 2 minutes, add the pasta water and bring to a blustering boil for 1 minute.
• Remove from the heat. Drain the pasta. Carefully add the pasta and gently toss. Serve immediately, topping each portion with a handful of pea sprouts.

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F. Combine tomatoes, oil, garlic, vinegar, and crushed red pepper in 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Roast until tomatoes are tender and juicy, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes. Stir in oregano. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
• Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite. Drain. Return to pot. Add tomato mixture, olives, and capers. Stir over medium heat until heated through, about 2 minutes. Add feta and stir until melted and creamy, about 2 minutes. Divide pasta among 6 plates; sprinkle with pine nuts and serve.

Steps:

• For tomato sauce: Heat oil and saute onion until translucent.
• Add garlic and tomatoes with their juices, breaking up the tomatoes with a wooden spoon.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Simmer uncovered until most of the juices have evaporated, 20-30 minutes.
• For pesto: In a food processor or blender, combine garlic, hot pepper flakes, olive oil, nuts and mint.
• Pulse to make a coarse paste.
• Season with black pepper to taste and set aside.
• For pasta: Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to boil.
• Add bucatini and cook until al dente (or according to package directions).
• Set aside 1/2 cup pasta water and drain pasta.
• Return pasta to the pot and add pesto and tomato sauce.
• Toss well to coat, adding reserved water as needed to thin sauce.
• Garnish with fresh mint and serve with pecorino cheese passed separately.

Steps:

• Make purée:
• Pulse pine nuts in a food processor until finely ground (be careful not to grind to a paste). Add arugula, oil, cheese, and salt and pulse until almost smooth.
• Make tomato sauce:
• Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then cook garlic, stirring, until golden, about 2 minutes. Discard garlic. Add tomatoes and salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes are collapsed but not falling apart, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Cook and serve pasta:
• Cook fettuccine in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain pasta in a colander and return to pot. Add arugula purée and toss until well coated. Transfer to a platter or plates and top with tomato sauce.

Steps:

• Cook rotini according to package directions for al dente. Meanwhile, place avocados, spinach, basil, garlic, lime juice, salt and pepper in a food processor; pulse until chopped. Continue processing while gradually adding oil in a steady stream., Drain rotini; transfer to a large bowl. Add avocado mixture and tomatoes; toss to coat. Top with pine nuts and toppings of your choice.

Steps:

• Gently cook the onion and half the garlic in 2 tbsp olive oil for 10 mins until soft. Stir in the tomatoes and sugar and simmer for 15-20 mins until saucy. Stir in half the pesto, some seasoning and a few capers or olives, if you have them. Cover and keep warm.
• While the sauce is simmering, heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Toss the crumbs in a large baking tray with the remaining 2 tbsp olive oil, the rest of the garlic, the pine nuts and Parmesan, if Simple yet special storecupboard supper using. Bake for 10 mins, stirring a few times, until golden. Dot over the butter and return to the oven for 2 mins more.
• Meanwhile, bring a pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta. Drain, reserving a little cooking water. Stir through the sauce with a splash of cooking water to loosen, if you need to, ripple through the remaining pesto and serve scattered with golden crumbs.