Tomato and cream sauces in harmony: How to enjoy rose pasta

Rose pasta is considered a particularly delicious pasta due to the harmony of tomato sauce and cream sauce. It is especially enjoyable as a special meal for solo diners or as a convenient dish that offers various flavors.

Making rose pasta is not as difficult as one might think. While it may seem challenging to balance the mixed sauces, once you learn how to make the rose pasta sauce, you can easily create a rose pasta that is both tangy and savory. Let's take a closer look at rose pasta, which offers the freshness of tomatoes and the smoothness of cream sauce.

How to make tangy and savory rose pasta

First, let's look at the basic way to make rose pasta. For 2 servings, prepare 2 servings of pasta noodles, 1 can of chicken breast, 10 button mushrooms, half an onion, 5 peperoncinos, 0.5 units of minced garlic, and an appropriate amount of coarse salt as main ingredients. For the sauce ingredients, prepare 2 cups of tomato sauce, 1 cup (200ml) of chicken stock, a bit of dried basil, 1 cup of heavy cream, and pepper.

First, boil the pasta noodles in water with coarse salt. Boil them for about 8 minutes, then place the cooked noodles in a strainer to drain the water, but do not rinse them with water. While boiling the noodles, prepare the ingredients for the rose pasta. Drain the canned chicken breast in a strainer and slice the mushrooms thickly. Coarsely chop the onion and prepare the peperoncino and minced garlic.

Next, make the rose pasta sauce. Mix 2 cups of commercial tomato sauce with 1 cup of chicken stock and a bit of dried basil. The chicken stock serves not only to adjust the consistency of the sauce but also to add umami; if it is difficult to obtain, it can be replaced with plain water. (Chicken stock is easily available at large supermarkets.) Since it is widely used in various Western dishes including pasta, it is good to keep chicken stock on hand.

Pour oil into a heated pan and first sauté the minced garlic and onion. Once the onion begins to turn translucent, add the peperoncino and sauté over low heat. Next, add the chicken breast and button mushrooms, sauté them, and then add the tomato sauce and bring to a boil. Once well combined, add the heavy cream, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for about 5 minutes while stirring. When the sauce has reduced to some extent, add the previously boiled pasta noodles, sauté briefly, and finish the rose pasta by adjusting the seasoning with salt and pepper to taste.

You can also make rose pasta using seafood and Chinese glass noodles (starch noodles)

Rose pasta offers a special taste created by the harmony of tomato sauce and heavy cream. Various ingredients can be added to make rose pasta delicious. Adding seafood, which is commonly used in regular pasta, can provide a richer flavor.

Additionally, you can make rose pasta using Chinese glass noodles (starch noodles). It can be even more delicious if you add not only shrimp or button mushrooms but also various vegetables used in Chinese cuisine.

[Fam Times = Hong Seung-beom, journalist]