Recipe: Yummy Fusili in Tomato sauce (with a twist)

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Fusili in Tomato sauce (with a twist). Spiral pasta tossed with a super easy tomato sauce, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese and garnished with fresh basil. Modifications: I used long fusili and topped the pasta with pieces of grilled chicken. I added kalamata olives and a couple splashes of red wine to the sauce as other reviewers suggested.

Making tomato sauce isn't hard, but it's definitely labor-intensive.

Even the relatively small amount that we're making here Working in batches, place the tomatoes in the food processor fitted with the blade attachment.

Pulse a few times for chunkier sauce, or process.

You can have Fusili in Tomato sauce (with a twist) using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Fusili in Tomato sauce (with a twist)

1. You need 4 of tomatoes , large - sized , ripe.

2. It’s 15 of cranberries , dried.

3. Prepare 14 of almonds , peeled and soaked.

4. You need 1 Teaspoon of capers.

5. Prepare 4 Cloves of garlic , peeled.

6. It’s 1 Tablespoon of basil leaves , chopped.

7. You need 1 Cup of pasta whole wheat fusili (or any ),.

8. Prepare To Taste of salt.

9. You need To Taste of paprika powder.

10. Prepare 1 Teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil (optional).

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Fusili in Tomato sauce (with a twist) instructions

1. In a pot of boiling water, add 2 large fistfulls (about a cup) of fusili. Since I use whole wheat, it takes about 10 minutes to cook al dente..

2. To a mixer/ hand blender jar, add the tomatoes, salt, garlic, almonds, cranberries and capers. Blend to a coarse paste. Go to step 3..

3. Once the pasta is cooked, reserve about a cup of the pasta water and drain the rest. wash the drained pasta with cold water and keep aside..

4. Add the pasta water (about 1/2 a cup) to the sauce in step 2, and blend again till slightly smoother..

5. In a pan, add the sauce and the pasta. Add the paprika powder, and more salt if required. Boil for about 2 minutes on high, or till the sauce thickens very slightly (this happens almost immediately)..

6. Add the chopped basil leaves and serve hot with herbed toast..

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