Saturday, October 12, 2013

A Recipe For A Gourmet Pasta Sauce

By Catalina Nielsen


Pasta dishes are among some of the easiest to make in the world of culinary arts although they are also known to be one of the best tasting types of foods. Of course making a gourmet pasta sauce for a gourmet style dish is quite a different story simply because it takes a little bit more skill to make. Now if one would want a simple way of making a gourmet dish, then this recipe is for him.

Now if one would want to make this dish, then he would be needing ingredients such as garlic, basil leaves, mushrooms, and of course the pesto spread. First of all, one has to slice the garlic pieces and the mushrooms so that they are small enough to be easily eaten. Of course he must make sure to wash the ingredients well before even attempting to cook them.

When all the cutting and slicing is done, then the next task would be to heat up the frying pan by letting it stay on the fire for a while. After that, add a little bit of olive oil on the pan and circulate it around. When the entire pan is filled with the olive oil, take the chopped garlic pieces and put it on the pan.

The next thing to do after this would be to saute the garlic until a fragrant aroma comes out and the garlic turns golden brown. Once it becomes golden brown, then one must now put in some of the chopped mushrooms that from before. Just like with the garlic, one must saute the mushrooms for a while.

When the mushrooms are already very fragrant, then the last thing to put on would be the basil leaves. When handling basil leaves, one must make sure to never let it stay under the heat for too long otherwise it will lose all of its texture and taste. Just saute it for a short time under a weak fire to avoid this.

After sauteing the mix of ingredients for a while, dump in some of the pesto spread and mix them together. Now if one would want his dish to have a really strong taste of pesto, then he just has to add more of the spread. If he does not want the taste to be too strong, then he has to add a little bit less to the mix.

After mixing all of the ingredients together, then add a bit of water to make the dish not dry. From there, one may now mix the already made sauce with the cooked pasta. In order to add more fragrance and flavor to the dish, it is better to add another part of olive oil into the mixture.

By following this recipe for making a pesto based gourmet pasta sauce, he will be able to make a very delicious dish. An optional step would be to add pine nuts or walnuts in order to just add a little bit more flavor. Another optional step would be to put some chili flakes just in case one likes to eat his pasta dish with a little bit of spiciness.




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