Lumachine With Sun Dried Tomatoes
Serves:
Ingredients:
12
oz
Lumachine, farfalle or
-- elbow-shaped pasta
15
ea
Sun-dried tomatoes, the
-- unmarinated type, cut
-- into strips
3
tb
Olive oil
1
ea
Garlic clove, chopped
Salt & pepper, to taste
Thyme, to taste
Method:
Cook the pasta & sun-dried tomatoes in boiling water until the pasta is tender.
Drain (the water may be reserved for soups or stews, etc since it will be flavoured by the cooking tomatoes).
Toss in the oil, garlic, salt, pepper & thyme.
Serve immediately.
VARIATION: Tender, sweet summer squash adds a sunny note to this simple pasta.
Add 1 or 2 diced summer squashes -- crookneck or zucchini -- to the cooking water with the pasta & tomatoes.
Also add mangetout to add some sweetness.
Marlena Spieler, "200+ Vegetarian Pasta Recipes"