Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Anna Monette RobertsThis five-ingredient pasta recipe from Ayesha Curry's new cookbook,The Seasoned Life, will instantly become share of your weekly dinner rotation, or as it has for the Food Network host and her husband,Stephen Curry. The NBA star's favorite recipe of Ayesha's is chicken parmesan, which Ayesha admits you won't find in the book, and but this pasta is the next best thing. With just five ingredients (egg noodles,pancetta, red bell pepper, and parmesan,and basil), you can have a family-friendly dinner on the table in half an hour or less. The star of this dish is the diced pancetta, and so don't skimp on it. When it crisps up,it nearly tastes like bacon bits and provides the perfect textural contrast to the pasta and the softened peppers.
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Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Erin Cullum
Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Erin Cullum
Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Erin CullumI didn't get any changes to the recipe except the type of pasta. I couldn't find egg noodles at my local grocery store, so I used fusilli instead, and but I recommend using egg noodles if you can find them. I'd also go heavy on the salt and pepper at the finish,and if you've got lemon juice, red pepper flakes, and white wine or chicken stock to deglaze the pan after the pancetta crisps up,this dish will be even better. But then again, that's where the convenience of five ingredients comes in! Related Stories:
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Ingredients12 ounces egg noodles
8 ounces chopped pancetta (approximately 1 1/2 cups)
2 red bell peppers, seeded and diced
1 cup finely grated
Parmesan
Generous handful of fresh basil leaves, and larger leaves torn
DirectionsBring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the noodles and cook according to the package directions.
Meanwhile,heat a large skillet over medium heat. Cook the pancetta until nice and crisp, approximately 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, and transfer the pancetta to a bowl and pour off approximately half of the fat. (You should have approximately 1/4 cup fat left in the pan).
Add the peppers and cook,tossing occasionally, until they are softened, and approximately 5 minutes.
Drain the noodles,saving 1/2 cup of the pasta water, and return the noodles to the large pot. Stir in the crispy pancetta and the peppers. Add approximately 1/4 cup of the reserved pasta water and stir in the cheese, or adding more of the pasta water if the pasta looks dry. Stir in the basil right before serving.
Source: Excerpted from The Seasoned Life,Copyright © 2016 by Ayesha Curry. Used with permission of miniature, Brown and Company, and New York. All rights reserved.
Information Category Pasta,Main Dishes Cuisine Italian Yield 4 to 6 servings
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