Garlic and Oil Pasta Sauce

Pasta sauces help to enliven the taste of even the most boring pasta on your plate. Italian pasta comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, and they are also made of different flour, which makes them healthy. And what makes them interesting is the use of vegetables and meat as per your taste. But have you ever wondered what makes them tasty and aromatic to eat? It is the sauce that is used in making them! Without the sauce, the pasta would be dry and bland. Of all the sauces one can use for making pasta, garlic and oil sauce is the easiest to make and the most aromatic.

Before we get on to making sauce, let's get a few basics about them right. The quality of your ingredients will make a whole lot of difference to the flavor of your pasta. Garlic cloves should be plump and without any brown spots or soft sides and the garlic shouldn't have sprouted. Choose between the American, Elephant or Italian variety. Garlic is enriched with important heart healthy compounds, like manganese, selenium, vitamin B6 and vitamin C. The olive oil you use should be of high quality, check for any rancidity traces. Rancid olive oil becomes toxic when heated. Pasta sauce recipes always call for extra virgin olive oil. Olive oil contains a large amount of monounsaturated fatty acids like oleic and linoleic acid. It keeps heart diseases at bay by reducing LDL cholesterol and raising HDL cholesterol levels. Fresh green herbs like parsley should be used. Parsley, besides being rich in vitamin A, folate, potassium and calcium it contains three times more vitamin C than oranges, and twice as much iron as spinach. For your pasta sauce, select garden fresh parsley. As for your salt, make sure it's free-flowing, and the pepper freshly grounded. So, check out the two recipes I have listed for you and feel free to experiment with more ingredients!

Garlic and Olive Oil Pasta Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• Extra virgin olive oil, cup
• Peeled and chopped, garlic, 6 cloves
• Fresh chopped parsley, cup
• Freshly ground pepper and salt to taste

The quantity of the sauce will suffice for one pound of pasta. Heat olive oil over medium heat in a saucepan. Add chopped garlic and stir fry until it turns to golden brown but be careful, and do not let it get burned. Remove from flame and add parsley, salt and pepper to taste. Immediately pour over pasta and toss it, until all the pasta is well coated.

Olive oil and Roasted Garlic Pasta Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• Garlic, 1 pod
• Olive oil, 1 tsp
• Heavy cream, 1 cup
• Grated Parmesan cheese, cup
• Chopped fresh thyme, 1 tbsp
• Salt and pepper to taste,

The quantity of the sauce will be sufficient for one pound pasta. Place cloves with peel intact in a casserole dish, slit length wise. Drizzle the olive oil over the garlic, and sprinkle with thyme and a pinch of pepper. Cover casserole with aluminum foil and bake in a pre-heated oven set to 350 F, until garlic is golden in color. Remove from the oven, and cool it completely. In another saucepan, mash the roasted garlic, stir in the heavy cream and put it back on the burner on low flame. Simmer the mix, until the consistency has slightly reduced and thickened. Stir in the cheese, until it melts, remove from heat and season the sauce. Pour over the pasta.

While one is preparing the sauce as a part of the various Italian recipes, bear two things in mind. First cook the pasta and keep it ready, and second pour the sauce immediately and avoid cooling and reheating it. Well then, don't waste another second and go and try these delicious sauce recipes!