Penne pasta in smoking red pepper sauce

Prep time - 10 mins + time to roast bell pepper (30 min)
Cooking time - 15 mins
Complexity - easy
Servings - for 2

Ingredients :-

• Penne pasta or any pasta - 200 gm
• Red bell pepper - 2, medium size
• Onion, finally chopped - 1/2 medium size
• Garlic, finally chopped - 1 clove
• Heavy cream - 1/2 cup
• Salt - 1 tsp or according to taste
• Ground black pepper - 1 tsp
• Olive oil or vegetable oil - 2 tbsp

Method :-

Roasting red pepper :

Preheat oven to 500 F. Cut red bell pepper in 4 equal pieces. Remove seeds and membrane. Line up the cut bell pepper skin side up on oven safe dish and bake them for 30 mins or until the skin side gets all wrinkly.

Take bell pepper out from oven and let them cool for 20-25 mins then remove the skin and put roasted bell pepper slices aside.

Pasta recipe :

Prepare pasta with salt according to package instruction. Drain it and put it aside.

Put a medium size pan on medium heat. Add 1 tbsp olive oil to the pan and put cut onion and garlic to the oil. Fry onion and garlic until they become translucent, for 3-4 mins. Now add roasted bell pepper to the pan. Fry for another 3-4 mins.

Turn off the gas and add this mixture to the blender and make a smooth paste.

Put pan again on medium heat and add 1 tbsp olive oil to it. Add bell pepper and onion paste to the pan. Put salt and pepper to the paste. Add 1/4 cup of water to the paste and let the mixture heat for 3-4 mins and then add heavy cream to the paste (you can increase the amount of cream mentioned to get more rich taste). Let it heat for another 2-3 mins. Red pepper sauce is ready. Add pasta to the sauce and mix everything together so pasta is well coated with the sauce.

Take pasta out in a plate and sprinkle it with grated parmesan cheese. Enjoy.