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Cream-Sauced Pasta with Vegetables
Ingredients
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8
ounces dried mafalda or 3 cups dried rotini (8 ounces)
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1
medium onion, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
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2
cloves garlic, minced
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1
tablespoon olive oil or butter
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1 1/4
pounds asparagus, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces ( 2 cups)
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1
medium yellow summer squash or zucchini, halved lengthwise and sliced (about 2 cups)
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1/2
teaspoon salt
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1/4
teaspoon black pepper
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1
cup whipping cream
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4
Roma tomatoes, seeded and chopped
Directions
1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain; return to pan and keep warm.
2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook onion and garlic in hot oil about 3 minutes or until nearly tender, stirring occasionally. Add asparagus, squash, salt, and pepper to skillet. Cook 3 to 5 minutes more or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Remove vegetables from skillet and add to pasta.
3. Add whipping cream to skillet; bring to boiling. Boil gently for 5 minutes or until reduced to 3/4 cup. To serve, pour cream mixture over pasta mixture; stir gently to coat. Stir in tomato. Makes 4 servings.
From the Test Kitchen
- Variation Cream-Sauced Pasta with Sausage:Prepare as above, except stir 9 ounces fully cooked Italian sausage links, cut into bite-sized pieces, into reduced sauce; heat through. Makes 5 servings.Per 2 cups: 559 cal., 35 g total fat (16 g sat. fat), 106 mg chol., 4 mg sodium, 44 g carbo., 4 g fiber, 19 g pro.Daily Values: 35% vit. A, 29% vit. C, 8% calcium, 21% ironExchanges: 1 1/2 Vegetable, 2 1/2 Starch, 1 12 High-Fat Meat, 4 Fat
Nutrition Facts
(Cream-Sauced Pasta with Vegetables)
- Servings Per Recipe 4,
- Calories 494,
- Protein (gm) 12,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 54,
- Fat, total (gm) 27,
- Cholesterol (mg) 82,
- Saturated fat (gm) 14,
- Monosaturated fat (gm) 9,
- Polyunsaturated fat (gm) 2,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 5,
- Sugar, total (gm) 6,
- Vitamin A (IU) 2138,
- Vitamin C (mg) 20,
- Thiamin (mg) 1,
- Riboflavin (mg) 0,
- Niacin (mg) 4,
- Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
- Folate (µg) 169,
- Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 0,
- Sodium (mg) 323,
- Potassium (mg) 540,
- Calcium (DV %) 91,
- Iron (DV %) 4,
- Vegetables () 2,
- Starch () 3,
- Fat () 5,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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I thought it was very very bland. Needs alot of parmesan and salt.
2/10/2010 07:56:27 AM Report Abuse