Parigi’s Penne Pasta With Roasted Garlic

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Pasta	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

20		Cherry tomatoes, stemmed and
		halved
1 1/4	c	Extra virgin olive oil
1		Head roasted jumbo garlic
1	c	White wine
1	T	Unsalted butter
20		Fresh thin asparagus spears
1	lb	Fresh penne pasta
1		Fresh basil, chopped
		Salt and pepper to taste
4	oz	Goat cheese, room
		temperature

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place cherry tomatoes on sheet pan, and
drizzle with 1/4 cup olive oil. Bake about 20 minutes, until tomatoes
are a bit shriveled and slightly brown at the edges. Remove from  oven,
and reserve. Slice head of roasted garlic in half horizontally.
Squeeze each half to extract meat, and reserve.  Place wine, butter,
and asparagus in sautÃ© pan or skillet over high  heat. After
wine-asparagus mixture comes to a boil, add tomatoes and  garlic meat.
When all but 1/4 cup of liquid has evaporated, reduce  heat to medium
and add salt and pepper to taste.  Fill deep saucepan with water. Add
pinch of salt and pepper, and  bring to boil.  Drop pasta into boiling
water, and cook until it is al dente, about 2  minutes. Drain pasta,
and add to asparagus-tomato mixture. Add basil  and remaining olive
oil. Toss pasta and sauce, then spoon into 4  bowls and crumble goat
cheese on top. Serves 4.  Recipe by: unknown  Posted to MC-Recipe
Digest by "gswindell@widomaker.com"  <gswindell@widomaker.com> on Apr
27, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 787 Calories From Fat: 124 Total Fat: 14g Cholesterol: 30mg Sodium: 2518.8mg Potassium: 2363.8mg Carbohydrates: 123.4g Fiber: 16.4g Sugar: 1.3g Protein: 38.4g