Fettuccini With Figs and Goat Cheese
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 cups dried calimyrna figs (8oz)
- 1 1⁄2 cups chicken broth
- 3⁄4 cup dry red wine
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 medium red bell pepper
- 10 ounces fettuccine pasta
- 6 ounces goat cheese, crumbled
- 2 tablespoons snipped chives or 2 tablespoons scallion tops
directions
- Cut red pepper into small squares.
- In a medium saucepan combine figs, the broth the wine, black pepper and thyme.
- Bring to a boil; reduce;cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until figs are tender.
- When cool enough to handle; drain and reserve liquid.
- Remove stems from figs and coarsely chop them.
- Meanwhile; in a large non-stick skillet; heat oil over low heat and saute pepper squares 5 minutes or until crisp-tender.
- Add reserved fig cooking liquid and set aside.
- Cook pasta according to directions on box.
- When pasta is done; drain it and transfer it to a large bowl.
- Add goat cheese, chives and figs.
- Bring the mixture in the skillet to a boil then pour it over the pasta and mix well.
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Reviews
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First let me say I am not a big fan of wine, so that colors my opinion. That being said, I think this has huge potential, but the wine sauce was just too intense. The goat cheese seemed to provide enough creaminess without adding all the liquid to the pasta. I just added a few table spoons of the wine sauce and that was plenty for me.
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