Mia Bella Pasta

Bella’s Italian Café is one of our favorite Tampa restaurants.  I dream of their homemade pastas and specialty sauces, especially Bella’s Roasted Tomato Cream Sauce.  But eating out every time I get a craving simply doesn’t fit into our budget not to mention what wouldn’t fit into my pants!  So when I spotted the Monterey Pasta Company Raviolis on sale at our local supermarket, I decided to create my own little Bella’s dinner at home.

 

We’ve tried several varieties of these Monterey raviolis and they are all delicious, but for my Bella-like dish, I selected the smoke mozzarella and artichoke.

Then, I let my creativity juices flow (with the help of Iron Chef Allan).  I dabbled with a little of this and a lot of that and VOILÀ!  A beautiful Bella-like dish emerged!  The smoked mozzarella raviolis and this sage sauce were a perfectly delicious combination!

Run DMT’s Sage and Sundried Tomato Cream Sauce

Ingredients

1 Tbsp olive oil

1 onion, chopped finely

4 garlic cloves, minced

26 oz chopped tomatoes (Pomi Chopped Tomatoes or Muir Glen Fire Roasted Tomatoes for a smokier flavor)

4-5 pieces of sundried tomatoes (in oil), chopped finely

1 tsp dried sage

1 tsp salt

½ tsp ground black pepper

¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes

1/3 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions

On a low heat, sauté the onions in olive oil until translucent.  Add garlic and cook until soft.  Add sun-dried tomatoes and warm through the onions and garlic, about a minute or two.  Stir in tomatoes and spices and cook for about 5 minutes.  Then, slowly stir in cream until well combined and warmed through sauce.  Remove from heat and serve over your favorite pasta.  I recommend the thicker chunkier pastas such as rigatoni or penne.

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14 comments

  1. cheerful says:

    i enjoyed eating ravioli when i first tasted it, i fall in love…hehehe, your sauce looks fantastic! thanks for sharing your recipe! visiting from FTF, have a great week. 🙂

  2. Bibi says:

    That looks so yummy….I am a pasta lover as is everyone in my house.

    Thank you so much for sharing this at Foodie Wednesday. Hope to see you again this week with another yummy recipe.

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