Pasta Passion
Pasta recipes from Italy. Some of these recipes are in their original form or have been inherited from Italian friends and relations. Some have had my own personal touches added.
Spaghetti Al Tommaso
(Spaghetti with Roasted Red Peppers and Smoked Pancetta)
I have named this dish after my son Thomas (Tommaso in Italian) to commemorate an important turning point in his life. After starting school and being influenced at the lunch table by his friends, Thomas became a 'fussy' eater (considered a disaster to an Italian father!) choosing to dislike many things that up to then he favoured; in particular he took a dislike to red peppers. Years later at the age of eight he was offered a bowl of pasta made to this recipe, which includes a gently sautéed puree of roasted red peppers - that was it, he was on the road to recovery! Having devoured the entire bowl he stated that this recipe was to be added to his list of Top 10 pasta favourites. Papa's a very happy man now!I can safely say that this is also on the Top 10 list of pasta favourites for our entire family, all our friends and definitely one to try.
Ingredients: Red peppers (very ripe and sweet), pancetta, extra virgin olive oil and cream
Pasta choices: Spaghetti, Spaghettini or Bavette
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by Enzo Koflach
1 comment
Apr 06, 2010
Marc Gadsdon said...
This is without doubt, one of my favourites - needs very good quality peppers and they need to be slow cooked for about an hour - very, very nice
