So continuing with the theme of saving money and eating what’s actually already in the house. I made a very random pasta sauce out of:
- butter
- garlic
- chillies
- sweetcorn
- coriander
- green onions
- red wine vinegar (because it was close at hand)
- garlic peri-peri sauce (I would have preferred lemon but I didn’t have any in the house, so used this as an acidity substitute)
Really simple… boil pasta, mix with sauce. But how to make the sauce…
Take a chunk of butter and slowly melt it in sauce pan. Add salt + pepper and chopped garlic and red chillies. Cook it slowly so that the butter doesn’t burn but slowly froths. Add in a little splash of olive oil and some canned sweetcorn. Mix. Then add in some garlic peri-peri sauce and whisk so that it all emulsifies. Keep the heat low and allow to cook through / warm. At the end add a teeny splash of vinegar and the chopped spring onions + coriander. Once the pasta is boiled mix through.
I know this sounds like a really strange “sauce” but it’s actually quite tasty. I got the idea from a friend who for my birthday made pasta with grilled cajun prawns, in a lime-butter sweetcorn sauce. A little tequila would have been perfect with that as well…. but never mind.
Anyways budget friendly and tasty! Enjoy x
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