Pasta With Creamy Cherry Tomato Sauce And Ham Food

PASTA WITH CREAMY CHERRY TOMATO SAUCE AND HAM

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium heat and add ham. Cook until lightly crispy on both sides and remove from pan. Cut the ham into smaller pieces.
• In the same pan over medium heat cook onions for a few minutes and then add garlic and cook for 1 minute or until aromatic. Add cherry tomatoes and cook for a few minutes.
• Add coconut milk and bring to a boil, continuing to cook until sauce has thickened a bit. Add ham back to the pan.
• Serve sauce over pasta, garnished with fresh basil.

CREAMY HAM AND TOMATO PENNE AL BAFFO

Steps:

• Put a large pot of water to boil for the pasta. Add salt once it starts to boil and bring to the boil again. Cut the ham into small strips or juliennes. Peel and finely chop the shallots. wash and chop the parsley.
• Sauté the sliced shallot gently in olive oil until it starts to soften. Add the ham pieces and sauté them for a minute or two over a slightly higher heat, until they beginto brown ever so slightly around the edges. Add the passata and simmer gently until it starts to thicken (about 10 minutes). Add salt to taste.
• Add the cream and mix it with the rest of the sauce. Let the sauce simmer for 4-5 minutes until the cream and tomato have reduced into a lovely coral coloured sauce.
• Cook the pasta slightly less than al dente according to the instructions on the packet. Save a little of the pasta cooking water and drain the pasta.
• Add the pasta to the sauce along with ½ a ladleful of the pasta water. Turn up the heat and let the pasta simmer in the sauce for a minute or two. Mix constantly, until the sauce has reduced enough to coat the pasta well. Add the chopped parsley and serve immediately, with freshly ground black pepper and a sprinkling of extra parsley.

BLACK CHERRY TOMATO PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil over medium heat in a medium saucepan.
• Add the tomatoes and heat until they burst.
• Stir in all ingredients up to the cheese and let simmer, covered for 20-30 minutes.
• Add the parmesan cheese and remove from heat. Let the cheese melt before serving.
• Serving suggestion is to serve with chicken on angel hair pasta, with basil leaves.

TOMATO HAM PASTA

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. , Meanwhile, in a skillet, saute garlic in oil until tender. Add tomatoes; simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in ham and seasonings. Cook 8 minutes longer or until heated through. Drain pasta; add to ham mixture.

CHERRY TOMATO, PANCETTA AND BASIL SAUCE FOR PASTA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200c.
• Place garlic cloves on baking sheet and cook about 8 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and pancetta to the sheet and cook a further 5 or 6 minutes, until the tomatoes begin to swell and the pancetta becomes crisp. Remove from oven and keep warm.
• Heat the oil and cream together in a big saucepan and bring to the boil; add the tomatoes garlic and pancetta.
• Bring a pot of well salted water to the boil. Cook pasta of choice-tagliatelle is suggested. Drain then add immediately to the sauce ingredients.
• Add the torn basil leaves and season pasta, toss well and serve immediately with freshly grated parmesan cheese.

CREAMY PASTA WITH HAM, TOMATO AND PEAS

Steps:

• Put some salted water to boil and cook the pasta according to the packet instruction.
• Slice the onion and brown in a saucepan with olive oil and hot pepper. Then add chopped tomato and stir fry on a medium heat for a couple of minutes. Add sliced ham and mix. Pour the drained peas, cook for one minute and turn off the heat. Add the cream and the parmesan cheese.
• When the pasta is cooked, before draining, keep a cup of cooking water.
• Add the pasta to the pan, stirring over a medium heat until everything is tossing well (helping with some cooking water in case of need).