Pasta: Roasted Red Pepper

Roasted Red Pepper Pasta is a flavor-packed meatless meal! Oven-roasted red peppers pureed with sautéed vegetables, lots of garlic and sherry wine, is then swirled with mascarpone cheese and tossed with pasta. Serves 4.

Today is National Pasta Day and I made you roasted red pepper pasta!

Actually, I’ve read that October is pasta month, which is kind of surprising, because I would have expected it to be pumpkin spice month but I’m a little thrilled that it’s not. Worth keeping pasta more. Way more. Now we have an entire month dedicated to pasta and the 17th is the national day to celebrate.

A regular here it. Move over September, October is officially my go-to month.

With that said, I made you this EXCELLENT roasted red pepper pasta dish. The sauce consists of sautéed carrots, celery, onion and garlic with from-scratch, oven-roasted red bell peppers blended until velvety smooth with broth and then swirled with mascarpone cheese. A creamy, luscious yet simple roasted red pepper pasta sauce is tossed with Italian egg noodles is the reliable way to celebrate.

To cook this Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Gather:

• olive oil
• diced carrots
• celery
• onions
• garlic
• sherry wine
• roasted red bell peppers
• chicken or vegetable broth
• mascarpone cheese
• kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• fettuccine pasta

The day before I planned for this pasta, I oven-roasted my own red peppers only for this sauce. You need 4 large bell peppers, and since you never genuinely know how many you’re getting in a store bought jar of peppers, I like to roast my own.

To start, add 2 teaspoons of olive oil to a 10-inch skillet and cook 3/4 cup each of carrots, celery and onions with a pinch of salt until tender. I cover mine, stirring occasionally until a fork can easily pierce a carrot. Then I add in 4 cloves minced fresh garlic, cook for a minute or two before adding 2 tablespoons of dry sherry wine and scraping up any bits on the bottom of the pan.

Meanwhile bring a pot of salted (I use fine sea salt for this) water to a boil.

Then add 4 roasted red bell peppers (plus any liquids from roasting) into your blender along with the sautéed vegetables. Add a little of the chicken or vegetable broth at a time until pureed velvety smooth.

Add the pureed roasted red pepper sauce back into the skillet and heat over low. Then swirl in 1/4 cup of mascarpone cheese. This is my regular ingredient to add to sauces to give them a luscious creamy factor. If you can’t find mascarpone cheese, then you can use 3 to 4 tablespoons of heavy cream in replacement.

Season with kosher salt and black pepper.

While the sauce is warming I drop in 9 ounces of fettuccine pasta into the pot to cook. I found the Italian egg pasta at Kroger and it only needed 3 to 4 minutes, so it was done in no time. Then, using tongs, I lifted my pasta from the boiling water and added it directly to the roasted red pepper pasta sauce.

Next, toss the pasta in with the sauce to coat.

…then serve!

I piled the roasted red pepper pasta high into bowls and I topped it with chopped fresh parsley, basil because A regular here the combination of herbs. Then of course, and LOTS of freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

This roasted red pepper pasta is savory, so creamy and savory! I served this with a Caesar salad and grilled garlic bread. Prepare to fall in love.

Enjoy! And if you give this Roasted Red Pepper Pasta recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!

This blog post and giveaway is sponsored by Lagostina. I was given a Lagostina Martellata Hammered Copper Pastaiola Set for review and for my honest opinion. My thoughts, words and feelings are all my own and I’m completely smitten with this pasta set. THANK YOU readers for supported the brands that support posts like this!