Greco - Roman Pasta
From keni 12 years ago
- <30 min to make
- Serves 6
A simple but delicious pasta dish that can easily be made vegetarian by just leaving out the chicken. The tomatoes and spinach make it a perfect summer meal when everything is fresh from the garden, but it's rich, creamy sauce is stick to your ribs enough for an autumn dinner.
Ingredients
- 1lb rotini or penne pasta shopping list
- 1pt cherry tomatoes, halved shopping list
- about 1lb fresh baby spinach leaves, roughly torn shopping list
- 1 red onion, cut into thin wedge slices shopping list
- 1/4 cup white wine shopping list
- 1 roasted red pepper, diced shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic shopping list
- 1/2 stick butter(can sub half olive oil) shopping list
- 1 lemon shopping list
- 8oz feta cheese shopping list
- 1t ground coriander shopping list
- 1T fresh thyme, chopped(or 1t dried) shopping list
- 1t dried oregano(or sub fresh... I only use dry because I prefer Mexican oregano, and I don't grow it :) shopping list
- kosher or sea salt and fresh ground pepper shopping list
- grilled chicken breasts, chopped or cut into strips. (just use a simple marinade of lemon juice, garlic and a lil italian seasonings, then grill til done)--optional shopping list
How to make it
- Cook pasta per package directions until al dente, then drain and set aside.
- In large pot, melt butter(and olive oil if using) over medium and add garlic and onions.
- Cook about 5 minutes, until onions are beginning to soften.
- Add white wine.
- Add red pepper and tomatoes and cook about 5 minutes, more.
- Add cooked pasta, lemon juice, coriander, thyme, oregano, and feta(reserve some for topping, if desired)
- Stir together until creamy and melted.
- Add spinach and cook another 5 minutes or so, just to wilt it down a bit and all is warmed through.
- Stir well, taste and add salt and pepper as needed.
- Serve sliced or cubed chicken breasts over a bed of the pasta.
The Rating
Reviewed by 2 people-
Yum! This was excellent! I tend to use feta as more of a garnish than "melty" cheese, but the sauce was to die for. I made the chicken-less vegetarian version of this and it was both light and filling at the same time. Delicious!
christinem
in Worcester loved it
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Absolutely delicious!! We loved it, made it exactly as written except we added a little chili flake! ;) Reviewed in IMI: Greco Roman Pasta By Keni
Cosmicmother
in Western loved it
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