Pasta sauce....

[Meg888]

I'm making pasta for tea - I just fry up some mushrooms & onions; cook the pasta and make a basic cheese sauce & chuck some ham & garden peas in. It's lovely but a bit monotonous, any ideas on doing it a bit different? What's the fave (even) secret pasta sauces of the AB foodies??

[Brinjal]

Garlic, mushrooms fresh tomato and a touch of chilli. Yum

[ummmm]

Onion, garlic, chilli, peppers, toms and some sugar.

[Kiki-frog]

Philadelphia cheese, chopped spinach and toasted pine kernels

[gingejbee]

...as above, with diced fennel and flaked tuna or cooked chicken.

[dickythecook]

Diced red onions fried in a little olive oil with a touch of garlic and a few chilli flakes, Add 1/2 a glass of white wine and reduce. chuck in a tin of drained tuna and some fresh dill. Finally stir through some creme fraiche and have it with your fave pasta. That is tonights tea sorted for me. dtc

[McMouse]

Tin of tuna, olive oil, lardons or chopped streaky bacon, chopped shitake mushroom. Gently fry lardons then add mushrooms. Breakup tuna and add to the pan. When cooked add to pasta.

[Kiki-frog]

Onions, tomatoes, garlic, tuna, prawns and black olives is my other favourite

[DTCwordfan]

onions, leeks, mushrooms, hint of chillis, and (truffle if you want to lash out for a dinner), sautée off with something like prawns (going in at the last minute as they cook very quickly) white wine and reduce, crème fraiche, few twists of black pepper to taste.

wee bit of fresh Italian parsley as garnish and voilà.

[EcclesCake]

Fry sliced streaky smoked bacon in olive until beginning to brown and crisp.

Add sliced leeks and fry for a couple minutes, season with black pepper add a good glug of sherry and bung a lid on. Steam until leeks are just tender but still have some bite.

Take off lid and add some cream bring to a simmer and add chopped tarragon, check seasoning and serve.

If you've got half a pot of philly, ricotta or whatever you can add that and adjust the amount of cream. A small handful of finely grated parmesan gives a bit more depth to the flavour. If you want a low fat option creme fraiche can be used but be very careful when simmering as it can easily split.

Or grated courgette with the water squeezed out fried with lots of garlic and red chilli and a handful of parmesan at the end.

Cook some broccoli, fry some garlic and finely chopped anchovy in olive oil add cooked conchigliette and the cooked broccoli, add some dried chilli flakes some chopped black olives, season well with black pepper and serve with parmesan.

[Meg888]

They all sound scrummy - I'd have to omit the chilli tho, my daughter can sniff this out no matter how small the amount...!

[pastafreak]

Garlic,shallots,sundried tomatoes,cream and parmesan cheese.

[vodkancoke]

My wee Nonna's recipe which I have posted here so many times she is going to thump me!

Fry either steak, chicken, pork ribs or Italian sausage until golden. Add chopped onions and garlic. Allow to cook until soft. Add 2 tins of peeled tomatoes and a jar of passata. Season with salt and a pinch of sugar. Leave to bubble for about 2 hours with the lid on. Tear up some fresh basil and stir through the sauce. Mix the sauce with the pasta and have the meat with some salad on the side.

[B00]

Spaghetti (obviously!) bit of mayo, sweetcorn, chorizo, peas, bit of garlic, bit of chili, and a sprinkling of breadcrumbs- my favourite.

[sunny-dave]

Leeks, pancetta and mascarpone ...

[B00]

mine's best cold by the way.

[EcclesCake]

Dave, you've just gone for a poncy version of my bacon & leek sauce :-)

[sunny-dave]

Poncy ... moi ???

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[tiggerblue10]

Panchetta cubes, garlic & herb Philadelphia, sugar snap peas and some of the cooking juice to loosen the philly. Pinch of salt and cracked black pepper. Or smoked salmon strips, but put them in right at the end.