The first time you hear the idea of mixing cream and tomato sauce, you might not get excited: the tomato has this slightly sour flavour, while the cream is almost sweet.
Maybe this is exactly the secret of their combination. Their textures look alike and the resulting colour is attractive indeed. As far as the taste is concerned, you’ll have to try it yourselves…
Laziness Factor: 1
(where 0 is drawing a doodle and 4 is painting the “Mona Lisa”)
Ingredients for 4 servings:
– 500g casarecce
– 200g mushrooms
– 250g low-fat cream
– 200g tomato sauce
– 2 garlic cloves
– 50-100g parsley
– salt, pepper, olive oil
1.
Slice the mushrooms and finely slice the garlic cloves. Put them in a pan with some olive oil over high heat.
2.
Add the cream, some salt and as much pepper as you like.
3.
Start boiling the casarecce according to the cooking instructions.
4.
When you see the cream boiling, add the tomato sauce.
5.
This is definitely your Jackson Pollock moment, where the tomato and cream need a lot of stirring in order to form a homogeneous mixture.
6.
When you get this pink/orange sauce (I would call it salmon-pink, but I was afraid I would be misunderstood for using actual salmon), you can lower your heat a little bit.
7.
Just a moment before draining the casarecce, throw the parsley in the pan.
8.
Drain the pasta and add them to the sauce pan.
9.
Stir, serve and enjoy the fine taste of this Lazy Pasta recipe! 😉
How about a visual experience of the above recipe? Watch this video…
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The recipe presented above is Casarecce with mushrooms in pink sauce and it belongs to the Vegetarian Pasta Recipes category.
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Although it's hard to tell which country pasta originates from (whether it's Italy or China), the history of pasta is long and interesting.
Truth be told, pasta has become popular as an ingredient of the Italian cuisine and it forms part of the Mediterranean diet. Pasta dishes can be ordered and devoured in various Italian restaurants all around the world.
The secret of the pasta may lie in its simplicity. It is usually made of white flour or wheat flour, but today we also have the options of whole wheat pasta and, more recently, gluten-free pasta.
Then again, the list of ingredients that can be used in a pasta recipe is endless; The sauce can be anything for a simple tomato sauce to bechamel sauce, white sauce with cream or other dressings. Garlics and onions are great friends of pasta, vegetables and other greens like parsley, dill, spinach, zucchini, peppers, broccoli and mint can be found in various recipes, while cheese is an absolute ticket to success, either grated, sliced or baked on top.
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