December 14, 2013

Bucatini with Butter Roasted Tomato Sauce

Spaghetti with Butter Roasted Tomato Sauce
Spaghetti with Butter Roasted Tomato Sauce



Christmas seems to bring out the nasty in people. I try to keep my wits and attitude in check myself, but I oftentimes find myself sliding into a bit of the nasties as well. I think it's a combination of stress, stress, and more stress. As women and mothers we tend to put everyone else's needs above our own. The presents have to be perfectly picked out, the Christmas dinner fabulous. We stay up late making sure that our holiday cards are addressed, signed and out on time. Don't forgot the letters to Santa, outfits for dinner, photos, tree decorating, the list goes on and on. The more television, social media and general holiday overload works its way into our lives the more crazy we drive ourselves. I think all of us needs to just sit back and take a breath. If you are the woman that snapped at me because I was in front of you at the milk case, you might need another coffee or possibly a nap. My holiday wish for all of us is that we can all sleep in until noon, let somehow else take care of the kids and bask in our own awesomeness (even if most of us forgot to leave milk and cookies for Santa). Since we all know that won't happen I hope that each and every one of us can take a moment to look at our family and realize, it's okay if the turkey is still frozen at Christmas dinner, the presents can go into a bag, and most of all it's okay to have that 4th cup of coffee. The Christmas season is only another week and a half of chaos. We all will somehow make it through, hopefully without going crazy at people in the mall parking lot (myself included-why are there never enough spots!!).

I have been short on recipe posts in the last week thanks to offline responsibilities. However, I have still been baking and cooking new dishes so my readers will have posts to enjoy in the next couple of weeks. A couple of weeks back I tried a great new recipe for Bucatini with Butter Roasted Tomato Sauce from the November 2013 issue of Bon Appetit Magazine.
Snow in Huntington, WV
Snow in Huntington, WV

This recipe has 9 ingredients. It takes 1 hour of total time, 20 minutes of which is active and makes 4 servings. I did make a few changes to the original recipe. First I substituted spaghetti for the bucatini. My kids prefer spaghetti and I wanted to minimize dinner time food battles. I used 3 anchovies since the fillets that I had were small. Finally, I allowed the sauce and pasta to cook approximately 6 minutes in order for all the liquid to absorb.
Snow in Huntington, WV
Snow in Huntington, WV

This was a very popular recipe in my house. My husband and two boys were big fans of the sauce. I ate my sauce over fried polenta, which was also delicious. The nice thing about the sauce portion of the recipe is that it could be used with another pasta, over polenta or even over rice or chicken. It has a variety of uses, making it a nice recipe to have in your recipe collection.

For the recipe go to Bucatini with Butter Roasted Tomato Sauce.

http://www.foodieinwv.com/2013/12/bucatini-with-butter-roasted-tomato.html

Recipe Type: Main
Summary:
A simple recipe for pasta with a butter roasted tomato sauce. The sauce would also be delicious over polenta or with chicken. A versatile recipe!
Preparation Time: 0h, 20m
Total Time: 1h, 0m
Yield: Serves 4

16 comments:

  1. The pasta looks very satisfying and delicious, Ann.

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    1. Thanks :) The sauce was really yummy, roasting the tomatoes really brought out their flavor!

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  2. LOL! Christmas DOES bring out the worst in people sometimes. That's exactly why I do my shopping early so that I have time to actually enjoy the parties, etc.

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    1. I try to do my shopping early too, this year I procrastinated a little though :)

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  3. Those roasted tomatoes must taste fantastic. Beautiful pasta...and winter. No snow here, wet and cloudy. :) ela

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    1. They are, I love roasting brussel sprouts, beets etc. I had never tried roasting tomatoes for sauce though, it turned out delicious!

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  4. It sounds really good, I've never heard of making sauce this way. I have to admit that while I enjoy the holiday season for the most part, I'm starting to be excited for it to be over. I'm sure that has a lot to do with the fact that we now start the Christmas season in October. :)

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    1. I was commenting to my husband that yesterday. Walmart had Christmas up before Halloween, which is way to early in my opinion!

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  5. Oh I do agree with the holidays bringing out the worst in some people. You can see it on Black Friday, the day after they were thankful for what they had the day before. I am heading on vacation but I'm going to have to keep this recipe in mind. I think my kids would love this as well. BTW I love that first photo. What a great shot of the snow in the trees! Hope you're having a great weekend.

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    1. Black Friday is always a mess! I never shop that day if I can avoid it, not worth all the crowds and craziness. Most deals are better online anyway or price matched later in the season.

      My poor oldest had to walk around in the snow taking photos with me :) It was coming down in buckets!

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  6. I like that it's versatile. And I was surprised at your post, I thought the holidays brought out the happy in people, but I"m just in a bubble, I know. After thinking a full five seconds, i remembered hubby coming home just last night singing, 'I hate Christmas,' he's a mailman, lol

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    1. I like that too, that way I can make a gluten free version for me and a regular version for the rest of my family. They aren't huge fans of gluten free foods, so I make them separate foods most of the time.

      I wouldn't want to be a mailman during Christmas, some people are probably less than pleasant :)

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  7. Ann, I love simple pasta dishes and this one looks fantastic! Pinned

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    1. Thanks for the pin :) I love simple pasta dishes too, let the flavors speak for themselves!

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  8. we have the same weather here. Loving the pasta! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. Wishing you a lovely Sunday and a very Merry Christmas♥

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    1. Thanks for hosting :) I hope you have a very merry christmas also!

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