Red Wine Pasta

Did you know you can cook pasta in wine? I absolutely adore risotto, which involves cooking rice in a wine/stock mixture. So why not pasta? I did a bit of research and found this article, which got me excited. This is a super easy way to change up or fancify (OMG that's a real word. How have I gone this long without knowing that?!) a quick pasta dinner. Doesn't red wine pasta sound very at-home-date-night to you? You can check out the recipe in the above article or you can make up something with what you have on hand. Here's what I did:
Cook your pasta in boiling, salted water for 3-4 minutes. Drain and then continue to cook in boiling red wine (I used a Zinfandel) until soft and ready to eat. The wine will reduce some as you cook. If you would like to make a sauce from some of the reduced wine go for it. I decided to keep things light and simply served my red wine pasta along with some lightly sauteed (in olive oil) onion, garlic and red bell pepper. I topped with a little feta and a few Kalamata olives. Delish! xo. Emma

Comments

[Amanda]

My grandmother always called those "drunken noodles"!
x

[Anna]

This sounds absolutely delicious and it looks fabulous too! Thanks for all the inspiration every day!

[Sarah]

Yum! Love the deep burgundy color!

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[Joy]

Hi Emma! Thank you so much for helping my boyfriend yesterday pick out a scarf for me from the shop! Of course, I love it! He travels to Springfield for work a few times a year and I am always tempted to call in sick so I can see the shop in real life! Maybe next time! It was fun hearing him talk about his experience and that now "Red Velvet" is something we share! xo Joy

[Emma]

Joy- He was so cute trying to find you the perfect thing. :) Hope you like the scarf! :)

[Lydia W.]

Oh my gosh, this looks so... FANCY! ;) and delicious! I`m going to try this out soon! Yummy!
Lot of love from Germany!
xxx

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[Mariel]

Wow these are different. I'd love to try one of these! (hopefully it won't make me drunk lol)

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[Juliette Laura]

My father makes homemade pasta all the time (he's very Italian!) I'll have to send this idea to him! Thank You!

xoxo
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[dija Henry]

So trying this for a stay at home date with the hubby. We'll put the kids to bed early and start "cookin!" :) Great post!

[Claire C]

Mmm I love red wine pasta! Rachel Ray actually has a fantastic recipe, too, involving parmesan cheese and parsley: http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipes/rachael-ray-magazine-recipe-search/fast-recipes/red-wine-linguine

[Lucy]

This is so cool!! xxx

[Laura]

looks delicious ! amazing recipe !
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[Allyson]

All of the recent recipes look almost as fun to photograph as to eat! I need to cook more!

Allyson

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[Ashleigh]

They're so pretty!! I would love to try this some time - absolutely the perfect date night recipe :)

xx Ashleigh
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[Maria]

Great idea, I will try this asap.

[Marie]

Genius, thanks so much for sharing...sounds delicious!!!

[Helen]

Wow, I'd never thought of doing this, it does look pretty fancy, how did it taste? I imagine it was quite rich

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[charity]

such a delicious idea! definitely going to try this over my weekend.

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[Sabrina]

I can't believe I've never heard of this. Looks delicious!!

Sabrina
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[Suzanne]

Seems lovely