For the main course, Minoo and Mona made Fettuccine with Roasted Pepper and Sun Dried Tomato Sauce in the South Arm Cooking Club for seniors. This is kind of a vegetarian pasta dish.
Although the sauce for this Fettuccine has no meat in it, it is still very flavourful and satisfying.
Ingredients
- 4 large red bell peppers
- 1 large onion, roughly chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes (dry or oil pack)
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 lb fettuccine pasta
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cip half & half
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
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Instructions
 Core, remove seeds and cut the bell peppers into quarters.Place the pepper pieces and onions onto separate cookie sheets. Drizzle with olive oil. Put the cookie sheet in the oven about 4″ from top of broiler flame.Broil until the skins of the peppers are charred black.
Remove from the oven, place the peppers in a brown paper bag. Close the bag up tightly and let it sit to cool for 20 minutes. |
 Remove the peppers from the bag and slip charred skins off. |
 If you are using dry pack sun-dried tomatoes, place the sun-dried tomatoes into a bowl. Add boiling water and let soak for 20 minutes. Drain water from sun-dried tomatoes. Place peppers and onions into a food processor or blender. Add sun-dried tomatoes and process until smooth. |
 In a large pan, melt butter on low heat.Add the peppers and sun-dried tomatoes mixture and stir fry for a bit on low heat.Gradually add the half and half. |
 Add the grated Parmesan cheese and season with salt and pepper to taste. Mix well and cook on low heat for 3 minutes. |
 Cook the fettuccine as per instruction on the package.Drain the pasta and place into a large pasta bowl. Add the sauce. mix and serve. |
That looks like the perfect bowl of heart-warming pasta. Great photo too!
That is one tasty looking pasta!
hi Suanne,
This recipe looks great! and the photos are fantastic. I plan to try it this weekend.
When do you add the garlic to this dish? also, what is the purpose of the jar with the word “Mozzetta” in front of it?
thanks again,
Dandel
Hi Dandel, the garlic is roasted together with the onion and red peppers. The jar with the word “Mozzetta” is actually sun-dried tomatoes in oil. Minoo brought two different types of sun-dried tomatoes, one dried and another in oil just to show the members.
Hi Suanne
thanks so much for this recipe. I made it tonight and loved its heartiness on a cold night, and it is so great that it is all vegeterian.
Dandel