Pasta with Spicy Sun-Dried-Tomato Cream Sauce
A luxurious pasta dish featuring a creamy sauce made with sun-dried tomatoes, roasted red peppers, and fresh basil. The combination of garlic, cream, and crushed red pepper creates a rich and spicy sauce that perfectly coats the penne pasta.
Ingredients
- •1 tablespoon olive oil
- •4 cloves large garlic cloves, finely chopped
- •1 cup chopped drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
- •1 cup whipping cream
- •1 jar roasted red peppers, drained, chopped
- •½ teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- •1 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
- •1 pound penne pasta
- •1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Heat oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Add tomatoes, cream, red peppers and crushed red pepper; simmer over medium heat 2 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup basil and simmer 1 minute longer.
4 min
- 2.
Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain, reserving 3/4 cup pasta cooking liquid. Return pasta to pot. Add sauce, cheese and 1/2 cup basil and toss to coat. Add enough reserved cooking liquid to pasta to moisten if dry. Season with salt and pepper.
12 min