Spicy Carrot Penne Pasta with Mustard and Parsnip Sauce
Want to impress your guests or family? Cook this spicy carrot penne pasta with mustard-parsnip sauce and you'll amaze even the pickiest eaters! Vegan, healthy and delicious!
Ingredients
- 4 cups whole wheat penne pasta or GF pasta
- 4 carrots sliced
- 4 parsnips sliced
- olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp dry oregano
- 2-3 garlic cloves mashed
- 3 tsps good quality mustard
- 5 tsps tomato paste
- fresh chopped basil
- grated parmesan optional
Instructions
- Boil pasta for about 10 minutes.
For carrot sauce:
- Put sliced carrots in the food processor and blend until they turn into a paste.
- Heat some olive oil in a medium pan. Add carrot paste, mashed garlic cloves, tomato paste, oregano, salt and pepper. Cook for about 10 minutes then remove from heat.
- Mix with pasta and add fresh chopped basil and grated parmesan on top.
For parsnip sauce:
- Put sliced parsnips in the food processor. Add mustard and blend until smooth.
- Heat a little bit of olive oil in a small pan and add the parsnip sauce.
- Heat it just for a couple of minutes.
- That's it! Mix pasta with the carrot sauce and place the parsnip sauce aside.
Notes
Use smaller/younger parsnips in order to get a creamier sauce.
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