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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Saute the diced onion in olive oil over medium heat until the onions are translucent. | 2. Add the minced garlic and saute one minute longer. | 3. Add the tomatoes with juices, red wine and dried oregano to the onion-garlic mixture and simmer until most of the juices are gone, about 8-10 minutes. | 4. Add the salt and pepper to taste and reduce heat to low. | 5. Simmer covered, on very low heat, while the Penne Pasta is cooking, about 8 minutes. | 6. Add the crumbled blue cheese and half of the fresh basil to the sauce mixture. | 7. Stir until the sauce has become creamy. | 8. Pour the tomato sauce over the hot cooked pasta and toss with the remaining fresh basil. | 9. Spoon pasta into serving bowl and garnish with whole fresh basil leaves. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
extra virgin olive oil	2	tablespoons		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
onion	1		diced	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
garlic	6	cloves	minced	26.82	5.9508	1.1448	0.09
tomato	28	ounces	canned diced	182.5707	40.4831	9.5254	1.5876
oregano	1	teaspoon	dried	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
red wine	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
penne pasta	1		cooked	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
blue cheese	8	ounces	crumbled reduced	1097.6924	10.8182	3.1071	115.8927
basil	1/2	cup	chopped	2.76	0.318	0.37799999999999995	0.0768
salt				-	-	-	-
pepper				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.