In a continuation of the delicious spinach pasta dough I made, here is another great use for it! To make the pasta, check out the Spinach Pasta Dough post. Once you have made the dough follow these instructions:
Check out this video for a visual on how to quickly cut your pasta into fettuccine!
Spinach Fettucine with Spicy Tomato Sauce
This homemade fettucine is super easy to make, looks impressive and tastes great!
Ingredients
- Spinach pasta dough see previous post
- Flour
- Water
- Parmesan cheese for topping
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- Tomato Sauce
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- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 1/2 inch slices of yellow onion minced
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar or red wine if available
- Tabasco sauce to taste
- Salt & pepper
Instructions
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- Tomato Sauce
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- In a pan on medium heat, add olive oil and onion.
- Once onions begin to turn translucent, add garlic, sauteing for about 1 minute.
- Add oregano and red wine vinegar (is using red wine, feel free to add a bit more as it won't be as strong as vinegar).
- After about a minute, add tomato sauce, cooking for about 5 minutes, adding salt, pepper, and Tabasco sauce to taste.
- Once finished cooking, puree in food processor.
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- Fettuccine
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- Run your dough through a pasta machine to get it to your desired thickness.
- Once dough has been formed into a long sheet, generously flour both side of the pasta.
- Fold your pasta in half several times.
- Take a knife, cutting your desired width along folded pasta.
- Once cuts have been made, run your fingers through pasta to separate.
- Cook pasta in boiling water until desired tenderness (about 2-3 minutes for al dente).
- Serve with sauce, sprinkle with parmesan.
Enjoy!
Bob
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