Author Notes
A quick and tasty sauce that provides a wonderful dinner, it's just enough different from traditional marinara to give a great change of pace. It will make dinner for two not-terribly-hungry adults, for one starving one, or for one with leftover sauce for something the following day. I make it for dinner for myself because it can be done in 30 minutes or so, and is just such a rich, full flavor it makes me feel pampered. —Kayb
Ingredients
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1/2 cup
diced Spanish onion
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2
cloves garlic, minced
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olive oil
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4 ounces
cured Spanish chorizo, sliced thin, rounds cut in half
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1
15-oz can diced tomatos, or 1 1/2 cups fresh chopped tomatos
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2 tablespoons
tomato paste
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1/2 cup
red wine
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2 teaspoons
smoked paprika, to taste
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1/2 teaspoon
freshly ground pepper
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1/2 teaspoon
marjoram
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1 1/2 cups
freshly cooked pasta of choice
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1/4 cup
grated manchego or gran queso cheese
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1/2 teaspoon
salt, or to taste
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2 teaspoons
sugar
Directions
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Saute onions in olive oil over medium high heat until soft; add garlic and saute one minute more. Add chorizo and cook until onions take on some color.
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Add wine and cook until reduced by half. Add tomatos, tomato paste and spices. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes, adding water or a splash more wine if sauce gets too thick. Taste and correct seasonings
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Put sauce over freshly cooked, drained pasta, and top with grated cheese.
I'm a business professional who learned to cook early on, and have expanded my tastes and my skills as I've traveled and been exposed to new cuisines and new dishes. I love fresh vegetables, any kind of protein on the grill, and breakfasts that involve fried eggs with runny yolks. My recipes tend toward the simple and the Southern, with bits of Asia or the Mediterranean or Mexico thrown in here and there. And a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on a float in the lake, as pictured, is a pretty fine lunch!
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