A Christmas πŸŽ„ Lunch πŸ₯—πŸ₯™ put together literally minutes before…

Pasta di Natale πŸŽ„πŸŽ…πŸ

Home Cook: Sharmini Jayawardena

Serves one person.
1 1/2 hrs prepping time.

Ingredients

30gm cooked pasta πŸ
1/2 medium onion chopped or sliced
5 cloves garlic chopped finely
3 tbls grated cheddar cheese πŸ§€
2 tbls grated Parmesan cheese ( medium flavour)
Reserve part of the grated cheese for later
Dash of heavy cream
2 sprigs of large leafed oregano
3 sprigs small leafed oregano
1 sprig thyme
3 leaves basil
(Remove the leaves of part of the herbs and set aside)
1 chopped tomato
Salt, pepper, sugar, chili πŸŒΆ powder to taste
2 tbls coconut oil

All the herbs used in this dish were grown in our home garden.

(L) Thyme, (C) Oregano, (R) A Larger variety of Oregano




Method
1. Heat coconut  oil in pan and sautΓ© onions. Then sautΓ© garlic.
2. Add tomato and add the leaves of herbs to the sautΓ©.
3. Add salt, pepper, sugar and chili πŸŒΆ powder to taste.
4. Add the pasta and the cheeses and stir and remove from heat. Add the dash of heavy cream and stir and plate it in a deep plate.
5. Garnish with all of the fresh herbs and sprinkle the reserved grated cheese πŸ§€ over the pasta.
6. Serve hot.

The dish does literally have Christmasy πŸŽ„ colours in it  



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