Double Trouble

21 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons all purpose flour heaped
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 1/2 onion finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove finely chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon nut ground
  • 1/4 teaspoon sage ground dry
  • 1/2 cup pepper jack cheese shredded
  • tomato sauce yields 2 persons
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 onion chopped finely
  • 3 garlic cloves chopped finely
  • 1 green bell pepper finely cubed
  • 1 jalapeno pepper finely cubed
  • 1 cup crushed tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    In a pot put oil, onions, garlic, spices, salt, and pepper. Saute over medium heat until soft. Add flour, stirring continuously for a few minutes. Turn the heat down to low, pour over hot milk, still stirring vigorously to prevent lumps to from. Bring the heat up again to medium and when the sauce thickens and starts bubbling, add cheese. Stir until cheese melts. Pour over the cooked pasta (1/2 cup of dry elbow pasta per person), stir to combine, and serve. Or you can bake the prepared pasta at 375*F for 20 minutes topped with breadcrumbs for crunchy sensation.
  2. 2
    How to prepare breadcrumbs?
  3. 3
    Melt 2 tbsp of butter or heat 2 tbsp of olive oil, and pour the fat over 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs mixed with 1 heaped tbs of grated Parmesan cheese. Stir to combine and top the pasta before placing into the oven.
  4. 4
    TIP: Adding spinach to the sauce will make the pasta dish quite sophisticated!
  5. 5
    DIRECTIONS FOR TOMATO SAUCE:
  6. 6
    Saute onions, garlic, and peppers over medium heat in olive oil until soft. Add salt, pepper, and paprika. Turn the heat to high, add tomato sauce and water, and bring to boil. Turn the heat down again to medium again, and cook for 15minutes, stirring occasionally.
  7. 7
    Reserve 4 tbsp of sauce. Pour the remaining sauce over the pasta (again, 1/2 cup of dry elbow pasta per person) and stir to combine. Cover at let stand for 5 minutes, giving pasta time to absorb the sauce flavors.
  8. 8
    Serve topped with 2 tbsp of sauce and sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.
  9. 9
    TIP: Adding sweet green peas, carrots, or maybe even sweet corn kernels will give the sauce nice color contrast and boost the essence.

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