Linguine With Tomato Leek Sauce Food

LINGUINE WITH SPICY LEEK AND TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add next 3 ingredients; sauté 1 minute. Add leeks; sauté until beginning to soften, about 4 minutes. Add diced tomatoes; stir 1 minute. Add wine and vinegar; bring to boil. Cover and cook until tomatoes break down, stirring often, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite. Drain, reserving 1 1/4 cups pasta cooking liquid.
• Add pasta, 1/2 cup reserved pasta liquid, and 3/4 cup cheese to sauce in skillet. Toss over medium-high heat until sauce coats pasta, adding more liquid by 1/4 cupfuls if dry. Season with salt and pepper. Serve, passing 1 cup cheese separately.

LINGUINE WITH TOMATO-LEEK SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add leeks and bell pepper. Sauté until just beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Add cauliflower, tomatoes and tarragon and cook until cauliflower is tender, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over pasta. Serve, passing Parmesan separately.

LINGUINE WITH ROASTED PLUM TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the linguine and cook according to the package, until just tender. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet, and saute the onion and garlic over medium heat until softened. Stir in the roasted tomatoes, tomato sauce, and chicken stock. Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Drain the linguine thoroughly and transfer to a warmed serving bowl. Stir the basil, salt, and pepper into the sauce, remove the skillet from the heat, and pour the sauce over the linguine. Sprinkle with the toasted pine nuts, shaved Parmesan, and fresh basil. Serve immediately.

TOMATO AND MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Boil a kettle of water and score a large cross into each tomato. Place the tomatoes into the boiling water until the skin begins to peel. Remove the skin from the tomatoes.
• Place the tomatoes into a food blender to make the tomato puree.
• In a large frying pan or wok, add olive oil and fry the chopped onion until soft. Add the mushrooms and garlic and continue frying until the mushrooms are also soft.
• Poor in the red wine and continue frying for one minute. Add the tomato puree along with the herbs and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the sauce is of the desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook the pasta in boiling water for around 4-5 minutes (depends on brand) and then stir into the sauce. Serve imediataly topped with parmesan.

SOLE STEAMED WITH TOMATO-LEEK SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a skillet with a lid over medium heat. Stir in the leeks and garlic, cook and stir 3 minutes until the leeks begin to soften. Pour in the white wine, and bring to a simmer, then add the tomatoes, chicken broth, thyme, and dill weed. Simmer, uncovered, until the liquid reduces to half.
• Lay the sole filets on top of the vegetables, and cover the skillet. Cook until the fish is opaque, and flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes. Ladle the sauce over the sole to serve.

SHRIMP LINGUINE IN A TOMATO AND WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pan.
• Add the onion and saute until tender, about 6-10 minutes.
• Add the garlic and chili pepper flakes and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
• Add the white wine and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and oregano and simmer until the sauce just starts to thicken, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta as directed.
• Season the tomato sauce with salt and pepper to taste.
• Add the shrimp to the tomato sauce and simmer until cooked, about 2-3 minutes per side.
• Remove the tomato sauce from the heat and mix in the parsley and basil.
• Drain the pasta, toss in the tomato sauce and serve garnished with feta.

PASTA WITH LEEKS AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Trim root end of leeks, then cut off hard green leaves, leaving a bit of green where they meet the white part. Split leeks down the middle, then chop them, not too finely. Wash very well, and spin or shake dry. Set a large pot of water to boil, and salt it.
• Put half the butter or oil in a large skillet, and turn heat to medium-high. A minute later add garlic and chilies, and cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic browns; remove chilies (and garlic if you prefer). Add leeks, and cook, stirring occasionally, until they wilt, about 10 minutes. Add pepper or tomato, and mushrooms, lower heat; continue to cook, stirring once in a while, until leeks begin to brown.
• Cook pasta until tender but not mushy. When it's done, drain it, reserving about ½ cup cooking liquid. Toss pasta and leeks together with remaining butter or oil, a few sprinklings of black pepper and all but a little of the parsley, adding a bit of cooking liquid if mixture seems dry. Taste and adjust seasoning, garnish with remaining parsley, and serve.