Added by APC | Tue 28 Jul 2009 @ 09:23
A hearty dish made with home grown fresh herbs and vegetables accompanied by a home baked bread flecked with fresh herbs
Ingredients
Gammon/chicken/vegetable stock
2 tins tomatoes
Oregano
Marjoram
Thyme
Basil
Salt & pepper
4 cloves garlic
Onion/shallots
Home baked herb bread
Penne pasta
Extra virgin Olive oil
Mozzarella
Italian hard cheese
1 sweet pepper
10 chorizo slices cut in half
6 sausages cut small
Diced pancetta
Splash of tabasco sauce
Splash of Worcester sauce
Ketchup/tomato puree
Method
Slice the herb bread and toast lighly, keep warm on hotplate under foil
Fry onions and garlic in oil, add chorizo, then sausage, then pancetta
Stir in the chopped herbs
Fry until sausage is partially cooked
Add the peppers
Add the stock, tomatoes, seasoning and bring to the boil, then reduce to simmer for 20 minutes
Add tabasco and Worcester sauce and stir in the ketchup/puree
Cook the pasta in boiling, salted water until al dente, then drain the pasta and rinse with boiling water
Place the pasta in a heated serving dish
Pour the sauce over the pasta
Rub the herb bread with cloves of garlic cut in half. Put the garlic leftovers in the sauce
Drizzle oil on the bread before serving
Top the main dish with mozzarella and grill until melted
Grate Italian hard cheese on top, then drizzle with oil before serving
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