Roasted Tomatillo Sauce
From CuisineAtHomeSpecials.com
Roasted Tomatillo Sauce over whole wheat linguine
1 lb. tomatillos, husks removed
6 cloves garlic
1 Tablespoon olive oil
8 oz. dry whole wheat linguine or spaghetti
4 cups loosely packed fresh spinach (3 oz.)
2 Tablespoons low-sodium chicken broth
2 Tablespoons fresh oregano leaves
2 Tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
1 teaspoon each sugar, kosher salt, and red pepper flakes
10 cherry tomatoes halved
Pecorino Romano cheese shavings
Preheat oven to 400ยบ.
Combine tomatillos with garlic in a bowl; add oil and toss to coat. Transfer mixture to a baking dish; roast for 35 minutes.
Cook linguine in a large pot of boiling water according to package instructions.
Place roasted tomatillo mixture in a food processor; add spinach, broth, oregano, thyme, sugar, salt, and pepper flakes. Process until sauce is blended.
Drain linguine; transfer to a bowl with cherry tomatoes. Add sauce and toss to coat linguine and tomatoes. Garnish each serving with Romano shavings
Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 296 cal; 6g total fat (1g sat, 3g mono, 1g poly); 0mg chol; 527mg sodium; 56g carb (11g fiber, 9g total sugars); 11g protein, 4mg iron, 73mg calcium.
Beanie’s Critique:
A very, very yummy sauce even of you don’t make it quite as written. For those who know me personally, you know my first attempt at this we had a little flake red pepper/ground cayenne pepper fiasco which Auntie LOVED is super-spicy. So I made it again tonight leaving the pepper for last (still ground cayenne). I also seem to have forgotten the teaspoon of sugar, but I didn’t miss it. I will say picking the leaves of the herbs is slow and dragging (especially the thyme), it helps to have a little 3 year old assistant chef who’s happy to sit watching Elmo whilst picking leaves. I also used, instead of the whole wheat linguine, Buitoni’s spinach and cheese tortellinis. If you’re making this for yourself to separate and store, I’d make 5 servings rather than 4. It’s a more diet-friendly size and calorie count. If you’re not on a diet, knock yourself out! Oh, and very green for St. Patrick’s Day, though very Mexi-talian. Auntie likes the super-spicy version, Pip and I like the less cayenne version. Gem didn’t try it. Big surprise there.