Interactive Live Cooking Show / Pirillo Pink Penne

Last night Chris and I had fun cooking live with his chatroom. Here’s a link to the video and a short list of the recipe in case you want to duplicate it. If people respond well we are going to start doing this show once a week! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did making and eating it!

(As many of you know Chris and I are opposites, which also translates to our taste in food! This is a pink combination sauce we both love, he says Alfredo I say Tomato we settle happily with Pink sauce a hybrid of the two!)

Pirillo Pink Penne

Ingredients:

1/2 lb precooked and seasoned ( salt pepper and butter) small penne

2 cups premade chunky veggie tomato red sauce*

2 cups of chopped shitake mushrooms

2 tsp capers (or more to taste)

2 tsp chopped fresh parsley

1/4 to 1/2 cup heavy cream (slightly warmed - do not let it boil)

1 tsp olive oil

Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Method:

Have all items ready to dump in the pot as you’ll be cooking in a stir fry action. Use a wide base pot with high walls so when it splatters it doesn’t get all over your stove. :)

Olive oil and shitake in the pot and on med high until tender. Add in sauce and pasta (sauce will sizzle), pour on cream (must be warm or the fat will seperate), add capers and parsley will continuously tossing until well coated. Ready to eat!

* Homemade Chunky Red Sauce*

32oz can of pureed tomatoes

32 oz can of diced tomatoes

1 lg yellow pepper (bell)

1 lg green pepper (bell)

1 lg sweet onion (preferrably Vadalia or Maui)

6 cloves crushed garlic (or to your taste)

2 tbsp crushed Italian dried seasoning

2 tsp of Olive Oil

Secret Ingredient ( 1-2tsp of brown sugar) <– don’t skip this!

Dice all veggies. Sweat the onion in the olive oil until tender add garlic stir cook 1-2 minutes. Then add all ingredients and cook it on low until thick and delicious.  This is a main sauce that is usable in tons of recipes! Lowfat and low calorie but tastes full on flavor!

Note: If you want all day slow simmered taste but don’t have time to wait  add a can of tomato paste and it will act as a thickener and get your sauce thick and bubbly in half the time.