Pasta With Mushrooms, Sun-dried Tomatoes And Pine Nuts

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 12 sun-dried tomatoes (not oil packed)
• 2 cups water, boiling
• pam cooking spray
• 1 lb mushroom, thickly sliced
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 cup dry wine
• 2 large garlic cloves, chopped
• 12 ounces penne pasta, uncooked
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
• 1/4 cup fresh basil, sliced (or 2 tsp. dried)
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 place sun dried tomatoes in a small bowl and pour 2 cups of boiling water over them. let stand until tomatoes soften, about 15 minutes. drain the tomatoes, reserving the liquid. thinly slice the tomatoes.
• 2 spray a large nonstick skillet generously with pam. add mushrooms, onion, wine, garlic, reserved tomato liquid and the sliced tomatoes. bring to a boil over high heat. reduce to medium, and simmer until liquids are reduced by half and vegetables are tender, about 25 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling, salted water until just tender but still firm to the bite. drain the pasta, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid. return the pasta to the same large pot.
• 4 pour sauce from the skillet over the pasta. add the parmesan cheese and pine nuts. toss, adding reserved cooking liquid by quarter cupfuls if the mixture is dry.
• 5 mix in basil. season to taste with salt and pepper.