I smell carrots! 20-January-2007

DKM - you have carrot breath! Hand them over and no baseboards will be hurt.

Saturday Sky

DKM Nosh

What do you do when you have a fridge of stuff that’s almost past it’s prime? You make Fridge Sauce!

…and then you dump it in a baking dish with pasta, cheese and other gooey stuff to make baked pasta. Good for a cold Saturday night.

Sauce

Olive oil
2 leeks
1 carrot
Center of the celery
4 cloves garlic
½ fennel bulb
1 cup of mushrooms
2 cups of tomatoes
Handful of herbs
½ cup white wine
½ cup veggie stock
3 T. tomato paste
1 can chopped tomatoes
Salt and pepper to taste

Baked pasta

2 cups of sauce
1 cup cooked pasta
2 medium sized mozzarella balls, cut into chunks
1 cup ricotta cheese
½ bag meatless meatballs
½ cup to 1 cup of parmigiano-reggiano cheese

Sautée the onions, carrots, celery, and garlic in olive oil – 5-10 min, toss in the mushrooms, tomatoes, wine, stock, tomato paste half of the herbs, and salt and pepper. Simmer for 30 min to an hour until done.

Dump everything into your baking dish, mix well, and bake at 350 for 40 min. to an hour. Enjoy.