Penne with Roasted Tomatoes and White Beans
No, your computer monitor is not on the fritz!! I am actually posting TWO DAYS IN A ROW!
I just had something else to post, and I figured I'd better get it up now, before I forget.
About a month ago, I suggested to my husband Mario that we start having one meatless dinner per week. He was a little reluctant, but as long as I promised not to feed him anything strange (by his definition strange would include tofu), I managed to convince him that this was a good idea (or at least not a horrible idea)...
So, I'm working hard to show him how good meatless meals can be, and I think this dish went a LONG WAY towards that. It was delicious, and he went back for a second huge helping!
This recipe is from Ellie Krieger, and I got it from the Quick and Fresh, Fine Cooking Magazine. I remained true to the recipe, only I cut down the olive oil from 3 tbsps to 2 tbsps.
Penne with Roasted Tomatoes, Garlic, and White Beans
3 large ripe tomatoes (2 pounds)
6 cloves garlic, unpeeled
2 tbsp olive oil
salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1 15.5 ounce can of white kidney beans, drained and rinsed.
8 ounces of penne pasta
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup fresh basil, chopped
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
1. Slice each tomato into wedges and discard the seeds (I forgot to seed mine, and it made my sauce a little juicier, which was OK). Toss the tomatoes in 1 tbsp of the olive oil and spread on a baking sheet.
2. Throw the unpeeled garlic cloves on the baking sheet too.
3. Roast at 450F for about 35-40 minutes until the tomatoes are starting to char.
4. Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and cook the penne. When the penne is about 1 minute from cooked throw in the drained and rinsed beans (to get them hot).
5. Drain the pasta and beans and return to the pot.
6. For the sauce, remove the garlic from the baking sheet and squeeze the flesh out into a small bowl. Mash it, and add the lemon juice, 1 tbsp olive oil and a dash of salt. Stir to combine.
7. Add tomatoes to beans and pasta. Add the roasted garlic sauce and the basil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
8. Serve with Parmesan.
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Oh this looks delicious! We missed you over here, but you've come back with a BANG! I'm glad your summer has been going well.
I am definitely going to try out this recipe, but modify it to fit my dietary needs: no salt, switch the regular penne to a spinach pasta [maybe a farfalle or a spaghetti], and use fresh beans b/c of the sodium content in canned. But this looks sooo good it's making me delirious with hunger.
In a few I'll go eat my brown rice and roasted veggies. Wanh-wanh-wanh.
Take care, thanks for sharing, and keep it coming when you can.
Roasted tomatoes make anything the touch taste scrumptious! Great recipe!
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