what's for dinner tonight: penne a la Maggie!!

Tonight for dinner, I'm cooking up my signature dish, penne a la Maggie. As you may have noticed, I've actually named my blog after this. This is an original recipe (and my go-to recipe for family functions and gatherings), which ended up taking many tries to 'perfect'. So, now I'm sharing it with you! It's a fast and easy meal, which does not require many ingredients.

Ingredients:

1 lbs. of penne rigate

1 small onion, diced

6 cloves of garlic, finely diced

2 25 oz cans of tomato sauce

1/2 cup of heavy cream

1/4 cup of olive oil

1/3 cup of cooking wine

1/2 tbsp. of basil

1/2 tbsp. of oregano

1/4 cup of chopped parsley

Salt & pepper to taste

Cook the penne in boiling, salted water until al dente.

While waiting for the pasta to cook...

Heat a deep skillet to medium-high heat and add the olive oil. Once the oil simmers, add the diced onion, garlic and herbs. Season with salt and pepper and sautee for 2 minutes. Add the cooking wine and stir occasionally, until the ingredients have soaked up most of the wine.

Add the tomato sauce once this has occured, about 5-10 minutes. Then, add the heavy cream to the mixture, stirring slowly.

Continue stirring until the cream is mixed in. Turn down the heat and wait for it to simmer. The sauce will look like this after taking it off of heat.

Mix in the cooked, unrinsed, penne and toss. Add some parmesan cheese and you're set!

Enjoy!