Yield 8 Number Of Ingredients 10 Steps:
Make pesto: In a small mixing bowl, combine basil, pine nuts, and 1 tablespoon olive oil. In a small bowl, blanch sun dried tomatoes for 30 seconds in boiling water. Drain well, and slice tomatoes into small pieces. In a large skillet over a medium heat, saute garlic in 1/8 cup olive oil. Simmer for 1 minute being very careful not to brown the garlic. Stir in the mushrooms and let them saute until tender. Add the pesto, salt, cayenne, and sun dried tomatoes. Reduce heat to low and let the mixture simmer. Bring a large pot of salted water and pasta to a boil. Let pasta cook until al dente, drain well. In a large mixing bowl, toss pasta and sauce until the pasta is well coated.
Time 27m Yield 6 to 8 servings Number Of Ingredients 16 Steps:
Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water with a splash of oil to keep it from sticking together. Boil for 12 minutes, or according to the directions on the package. Drain well and allow to cool. Place the pasta in a bowl and add the tomatoes, olives, mozzarella, and chopped sun-dried tomatoes. For the dressing, combine the sun-dried tomatoes, vinegar, olive oil, garlic, capers, salt, and pepper in a food processor until almost smooth. Pour the dressing over the pasta, sprinkle with the Parmesan and basil, and toss well.
Time 25m Yield 4 to 6 servings Number Of Ingredients 12 Steps:
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to the package directions for al dente. Reserve 2 cups of the pasta cooking water before draining. Return the cooked pasta to the pot. While the pasta cooks, heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion just begins to soften, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the sausage, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until starting to turn golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Meanwhile, combine the sun-dried tomatoes and the oil from the jar, red peppers, red pepper liquid, walnuts, parsley, Parmesan, vinegar, tomato paste, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper in a food processor and process until smooth. Add the sausage mixture and sun-dried tomato pesto to the pot with the pasta and stir until well combined, stirring in as much of the reserved pasta water as necessary to make a creamy sauce. Garnish with chopped parsley and more Parmesan.
Yield 8 Number Of Ingredients 10 Steps:
Make pesto: In a small mixing bowl, combine basil, pine nuts, and 1 tablespoon olive oil. In a small bowl, blanch sun dried tomatoes for 30 seconds in boiling water. Drain well, and slice tomatoes into small pieces. In a large skillet over a medium heat, saute garlic in 1/8 cup olive oil. Simmer for 1 minute being very careful not to brown the garlic. Stir in the mushrooms and let them saute until tender. Add the pesto, salt, cayenne, and sun dried tomatoes. Reduce heat to low and let the mixture simmer. Bring a large pot of salted water and pasta to a boil. Let pasta cook until al dente, drain well. In a large mixing bowl, toss pasta and sauce until the pasta is well coated.
Time 12m Yield 3-4 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 8 Steps:
Cook pasta according to directions on package. Be sure to just cook to al dente stage. Drain and return to pot. Place pot on burner but turn off burner. Stir in oil. Stir in remaining ingredients and mix well. **I have also added broccoli to pasta water while cooking pasta and this is very good too.
Time 30m Yield 4 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 12 Steps:
In large skillet, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add the chicken, onions, sundried tomatoes, basil, thyme, oregano and garlic. Sauté until chicken is almost cooked. Add the whipping cream and parmesan cheese. Continue to simmer until slightly thickened. Add salt and pepper to taste. In large pot, bring water to boil and cook pasta until al dente. Drain. Toss the pasta with the sauce. Place in individual pasta bowls. Serve with freshly grated parmesan cheese and black pepper.
