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Prep time
5 minutes -
Cook time
Quarter-hour -
Serves
3
Creator Notes
This like a flash and straight forward pasta recipe is all about pantry items that evoke the gentle and heat of summer whatever the climate open air: solar-dried tomatoes, kalamata olives, and ajvar, a roasted-red-pepper paste that is ubiquitous within the Balkans and is easy satisfactory to to find now in U.S. grocery retail outlets. Inventory these three jars and you can possess a bowl of solar-soaking wet pasta anytime. —laura
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Test Kitchen-Accepted
Ingredients
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8 ounces
dried bucatini or other pasta
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1/2
little yellow onion, sliced into thin half of-rings
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1 tablespoon
unswerving olive oil
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2
cloves garlic, minced
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2 teaspoons
dried oregano
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2 tablespoons
vodka (non-principal)
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1.5 cups
ajvar (I imply sorts which would possibly perchance perchance well perchance be gentle with tons of roasted red pepper and a minute bit roasted eggplant for creaminess—peek for a shining orange coloration)
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4 tablespoons
solar-dried tomato preserved in oil, drained and chopped
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4 tablespoons
sliced kalamata olives
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Grated parmesan for garnish (non-principal)
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Original basil for garnish (non-principal)
Directions
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Reveal a astronomical pot of water to a boil and add salt. Add the pasta and cook to al dente, per bundle directions.
- Within the period in-between, warm a pan over medium heat and add the olive oil, then when heated by contrivance of add the onion and cook till softened, about 4 minutes. Add the oregano and trail and cook each and each one other 4 minutes, or till onion is initiating to receive golden brown. Add the garlic and cook for one other half of minute.
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If the utilization of vodka, add this now and trail and let it cook off for a pair of more minutes. Add the rest of the sauce ingredients: ajvar, then solar-dried tomatoes, then kalamata olives, stirring with every addition. Scoop out one cup of pasta water from the pot and add it to the pan and trail till all incorporated. Add more pasta water if principal to halt desired consistency.
- Drain pasta and add it to the pan. Exercise tongs to coat totally and twirl astronomical scoops into pasta bowls. Non-compulsory garnishes: grated parmesan and new basil.