Pasta alla marco is a fun and sassy pasta dish that adds variety to everyday pasta. Its bright color and fun textures make eating pasta fun and delicious. Tasting Guidelines: Taste is savory, sweet, and a little spicy. Weight is light to medium but can be balanced with vinegar and sugar. Texture is noodly and crunchy. Good for people with low to moderate treatment side effects. Best categorized as modern Italian cuisine.

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Pasta Alla Marco Recipe

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Course: Main Course, Pasta

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: pasta, pasta alla marco, recipes, red sauce

Servings: 6 people

Author: Chef Ryan Callahan

Cost: $10

Equipment

can opener
Saute Pan
Spaghetti pot
cooking utensils

Ingredients

Food Ingredients:

2 links or 4 oz., spicy salsicca
1 box Barilla bow tie pasta
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 red onion cut into thin strips
1 red pepper seeded and cored, cut into thin rings and then the rings cut in half
1 tbsp. olive oil
parmesan optional

Flavor Balancers:

1 tsp. kosher salt
1 c. red wine Chianti is preferred1/2 tbsp. black pepper
2 tbsp. red wine vinegar
2 tbsp. sugar

Aromatics:

2 tbsp. garlic minced
1 tsp. dried oregano

Instructions

In a 2 qt. sauce pan, heat oil to a medium heat. Add sausage, garlic, onion, and red peppers. Sauté until onions are translucent. Add red wine and mix thoroughly, allowing red pepper and onions to soak up the wine. Add salt, black pepper, red wine vinegar, sugar, oregano, and tomatoes. Stir well and cover.
Allow to work on stovetop for 45 minutes over medium heat, stirring every few minutes to avoid burning the tomatoes. Ten minutes before sauce is finished, prepare noodles in well salted water. (Water should taste like the ocean.) Prepare pasta as directed on box. Do not allow to over cook. Drain pasta and lightly cover with olive oil, mixing to avoid sticking. Return pasta to pot, making sure not to place the pot back on the hot burner. At this point, you want to taste the sauce; add extra sugar if it’s too acidic. After sauce is satisfactory, toss pasta with sauce and serve.

Notes

Don’t be alarmed if the sauce turns out thin with chunks of tomato. This is what we are looking for. Also, cheap, low-quality pastas will be mushy so get a good quality pasta because you need a firm texture.

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