Friday Pasta Night-2
Pasta Night!
Tonight I’m fixing this ‘lite’ pasta dish. In our house what constitutes ‘lite’ is no meat or seafood. Since I’m on a strict budget, I have to look for cheap fun anywhere I can.
Ok… so here is the recipe for tonight:
Pasta House Pasta Con Broccoli
This is the acutal recipe (not a copycat) as posted on their website and as printed in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. THE REAL DEAL HERE MY FRIENDS (there are others posted on this website, but none of them are this exact recipe). This is so yummy and is a St. Louis tradition. This recipe serves 2, so feel free to double or triple it to feed your family. Serve as a main dish (as they do) with a Pasta House Salad on the side! It also makes a nice side dish to grilled chicken.
20 min | 5 min prep
SERVES 2
- 4 ounces uncooked large shell pasta
- 1 cup cream
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup chopped broccoli
- salt and pepper
- 1/3 cup thinly sliced fresh button mushroom
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Cook pasta until half done (about 4 minutes); drain. Return pasta to the pot.
- Add cream, butter, garlic, tomato sauce, broccoli, salt and pepper. Bring to a hard boil.
- When noodles are fully cooked and sauce is starting to thicken, add mushrooms and stir to combine.
- Remove from the heat; add cheese.
- Toss and serve.
* the only change I will make is the mushrooms. Instead of fresh I will used the dried ones I have softened in water 1st.
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pearsonsprogress says:
Ok, this stuff is REALLY good! I don’t know what or where the PASTA HOUSE is, but We sure did like this dish. I will be making this again soon!
john says:
This is a good one and the mushrooms add a lot. I would definitely include them and maybe even add a few more, after all, more is better!