Rev: Bow Tie Pasta with Roasted Red Pepper and Cream Sauce CL 5/06

[acb11]

I have never made a creamy red pepper sauce and this one was a bit boring I thought. It didn't seem to have much flavor. I used rotini, added chicken and asparagus. We won't repeat this one.

[Andrea_2]

I thought this tasted terrible when I first tasted it, and was just about to throw it in the trash. I decided to try and save it with a little salt, and that made a huge difference. After adding some salt I thought it was actually pretty good, but without it it was hardly edible.

[Grace]

I tried this the other night and liked it. I stirred the goat cheese into the pasta (where it melted and helped make the sauce more creamy and flavorful). I probably wouldn't make it again just because it was too time consuming (unless I somehow came across a plethora of red peppers that I needed to use up though). I also think some herbes de Provence might be good in this dish, since to me it's similar to a Roasted Red Pepper soup that I like so much that uses that.

DH wouldn't eat it at all since he hates goat cheese. I stirred the goat cheese in thinking he wouldn't know it was there, but he knew. He ate like three bites and kept saying "it tastes funny - I can't put my finger on it - what is it?" I played dumb and said "too much basil maybe?" "No", he says, "not that". "Maybe too much roasted red pepper?" "No, not that." So I just changed the subject and never told him what it really was. And I ate what was on his plate that he wouldn't eat. And all the leftovers too.

[fancyn]

Grace, I'm wondering if this is the recipe you made...The first time I saw this thread, I thought it was one and the same. If not, there's my review!

[Grace]

YES!! That IS the recipe I made! Whoops. Sorry about that. But gosh aren't those names similar?

Anyway, thanks for pointing that out.

So for everyone else, nevermind my review here! It's meant for the Roasted Red Pepper and Goat Cheese Pasta thread, which is also from the same issue. And also made with bow tie pasta.

[Peggy]

DH wouldn't eat it at all since he hates goat cheese. I stirred the goat cheese in thinking he wouldn't know it was there, but he knew. He ate like three bites and kept saying "it tastes funny - I can't put my finger on it - what is it?" I played dumb and said "too much basil maybe?" "No", he says, "not that". "Maybe too much roasted red pepper?" "No, not that." So I just changed the subject and never told him what it really was.

Grace - Too funny! Had to comment (even though your review was meant for another thread). Your DH sounds just like my DD! I can try to hide goat cheese in a recipe and she finds it every time. It could be 1 teaspoonful melted into a sauce and her taste bud radar identifies it every time. I don't try to fool her any longer - I just live without the goat cheese...

Peggy