Spaghetti With Sweet Red Pepper Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 cup chopped red onion
• 3 sweet red peppers, seeded,chopped
• 1 1/3 cups vegetable stock
• salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 3/4 lb spaghetti or 3/4 lb spaghettini
• 1/2 cup chpped fresh basil or 1/2 cup parsley, plus extra for garnish
• 1 large lemon, grated zest of
• freshly grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 heat oil and butter in large nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
• 2 add garlic, onion, and red peppers and cook for 5 minutes, or until tender.
• 3 add stock, salt and pepper.
• 4 cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes or until vegetables are very tender.
• 5 puree in food processor (or use immersion blender), return to pan and simmer 8 minutes until sauce thickens.
• 6 cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
• 7 drain well and add to sauce in skillet.
• 8 sprinkle with basil; toss for one minute to allow pasta to absorb flavours.
• 9 transfer to large serving bowl and sprinkle with lemon zest.
• 10 serve with cheese and pass the peppermill.