Pasta with artichokes
Description
Serve the pasta with artichokes as a main dish or as a side to meat, hot and immediately! Be sure to sprinkle it with grated Parmesan before serving. If Parmesan is unavailable, you can substitute it with any other hard cheese of your choice.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Make cross-shaped incisions on the tomatoes and immerse them in boiling water for 30 seconds. Then immediately place them in cold water. The oil drained from the artichokes can be used in cooking.
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Step 2
2. Peel the cooled tomatoes; the skin should come off easily. Cut them in half and remove the seeds, leaving only the flesh. Dice the flesh into small cubes.
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Step 3
3. Finely chop the peeled garlic cloves with a knife (or using a garlic press). Cut the pine nuts in half (or leave them whole). In heated oil over medium heat, sauté the chopped garlic and pine nuts for 2 minutes.
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Step 4
4. Separate the basil leaves from the stems (we don't need the stems). Stack the leaves on top of each other in a pile and roll them into a tight cylinder. Finely chop the basil with a sharp knife with a thin blade.
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Step 5
5. Add the prepared artichokes, tomatoes, and basil to the sauté pan where you fried the garlic and nuts. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and heat for a few minutes.
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Step 6
6. Mix the previously cooked pasta, drained from salted water, with the prepared sauce. The pasta with artichokes is ready!