Thursday, February 9, 2012

Farmers market pasta

I go to the farmers market every Saturday and my goal is every week is to cook as many meal based off what I get at the market. This recipe came from my need to use the cucumbers I got this week. Sorry about not having everything measured out.
Roasted sauce pasta
Bow tie pasta with tomato sauce topped with roasted cucumber slices.
INGREDIENTS
Bow tie pasta
for sauce
Cashews (10ish)
Olive oil
1 tbspButter
8 Garlic cloves
3 Tomatillo
Salt
Pepper
Thyme (dry)
Basil (dry)
Rosemary (fresh)
2 cucumbers
4 slices of bacon (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
sauce and roast cucumbers
1. Heat oven to 350
2. Cut cucumbers in quarters and then if need be in half for two bite pieces
3. Peel garlic and rough chop
4. Peel tomatillos
5. Place all 3 on a roasting pan
6. Pour olive oil (enough to coat plus a tbsp or a little more because it makes up a part of the sauce)
7. Season with salt, pepper, thyme and basil
8. Roast until tomatillos are soft but haven't popped.
9. Meanwhile cook bacon
10. Remove from pan
11. Discard bacon Greece but don't whip the pan
12. Add butter salt, pepper, rosemary
13. As butter melts add chopped cashews
14. Cook until soft
15. Pour all into a blender (or food processor)
16. Boil water with salt
17. Add pasta once boiling
18. Once roasting pan is done remove cucumbers and tomatillos
19. Quarter 2 tomatillos and put in blender (with cashew mixture)
20. Also pour in garlic and extra olive oil
21. Blend until smooth
22. Taste
23. Pour into sauce pan and heat
24. Add cooked pasta to sauce
25. Plate pasta, top with cucumbers, bacon, chopped rosemary and the other tomatillo.

3 comments:

  1. I love the idea of using all the veggies. That has become my weekly hobby. Once we start getting cucumbers in our box, I'll have to try this!

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  2. Roasted cukes, what a great idea.

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