cheap family recipes
feed a family of 4 for less than £200 a month
Red Pepper Pasta
Red Pepper Pasta
- 110 ml vegetable oil
- 25 g flour
- pint hot stock made with 2 teaspoons of marmite/yeast extract and hot water
- 60 g sundried tomatoes snipped into very thin slivers with your kitchen scissors
- 130 g roasted red peppers snipped into very thin slivers with your kitchen scissors
- 1 tsp mustard powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 400 g pasta
First, put your pasta on to boil.
Make a roux with the oil and flour. Add the hot stock in about 4 goes.
Between each addition of stock stir the mixture until all the liquid incorporates into the flour and oil. (If you lift the pan off the heat and beat hard with a wooden spoon after the liquid is incorporated your sauce will be beautifully glossy).
By the time all the liquid is added you should have a sauce which will coat the back of a spoon. If not add more stock. Stir in the mustard, oregano, garlic, red peppers and sundried tomatoes in slivers.
Drain pasta. Stir sauce into cooked pasta.
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