Whole Wheat Fettuccine with Medici Sauce
by Tarla Dalal
11 Jan 2015
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A nutritious pasta with a spicy tomato sauce.
Whole Wheat Fettuccine with Medici Sauce recipe - How to make Whole Wheat Fettuccine with Medici Sauce
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Serves 3 to 4.
1 recipe fresh Whole Wheat Pasta Dough
1 tbsp oil to cook the pasta
1 tsp salt to cook the pasta
For the Medici sauce
4 tomatoes
1 tbsp chopped garlic (lehsun)
2 spring onions, chopped
1 tbsp dry red chilli flakes (paprika)
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tbsp tomato puree
4 tbsp fresh cream
2 tbsp olive oil or oil
salt to taste
For the garnish
4 tbsp grated processed cheese
1 tbsp chopped spring onion greens
8 black olives , deseeded(optional)
Method
For the whole wheat fettuccine
For the Medici sauce
How to proceed
- Method
For the whole wheat fettuccine
- For the whole wheat fettuccine
- Divide the pasta dough into 2 portions and roll out each portion as thinly as possible.
- Cut each portion of the rolled out dough into 200 mm. x 200 mm. (8" x 8") square.
- Roll up the pasta sheet and cut into 6 mm. (1/4") strips.
- Heat plenty of water in a broad pan and add 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of oil. Add a few strands of the fettuccine to the boiling water at a time and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Drain and transfer into a bowl of cold water. Drain again and keep aside.
For the Medici sauce
- For the Medici sauce
- Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water.
- Peel, cut into quarters and deseed the tomatoes.
- Chop finely and keep the tomato pulp aside.
- Heat the olive oil, add the garlic and spring onions and saute for 1 minute.
- Add the tomato pulp and cook till the sauce thickens.
- Add the chilli flakes, chilli powder, tomato puree, salt and 1/2 cup of water and bring to a boil.
- Add the cream. Mix well and keep aside.
How to proceed
- How to proceed
- Just before serving, re-heat the Medici sauce and toss the whole wheat fettuccine in it.
- Serve hot, garnished with the cheese, spring onions greens and black olives.
- Tomato pulp is made by blanching whole tomatoes in hot wate and thereafter peeling, deseeding and chopping them.
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