Sometime last week I required dinner. This is a fairly common occurrence, and one that I find annoying more often than not. After work I’d rather take a shower and go do something awesome rather than cook food. I’d purchased the ingredients for a Roasted Red Pepper & Leek Tart and then promptly used the pepper for something else, so I was left for some leeks and cream that needed to be used.
So, I decided to go with pasta instead of pastry, chickpeas instead of eggs, and sundried tomatoes instead of a roasted red pepper. And it worked. Yum!
Leek, Pesto, and Seared Chickpea Pasta
2 cups dry pasta, boiled in salted water until al dente
1 tbsp olive oil (pomace) (USA / Canada)
3 leeks, sliced and rinsed
1 can chickpeas, drained
½ cup chopped sundried tomatoes
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper1½ tbsp pesto
¼ cup heavy creamSauté the leeks in the olive oil (pomace) (USA / Canada) over medium heat. Once they’re bright green and wilted, remove them from the pan.
Turn up the heat to medium high, add a bit more olive oil (pomace) (USA / Canada) as needed, and pan-sear the chickpeas.
Toss the pasta with the leeks, chickpeas, chopped sundried tomatoes, pepper, pesto, and cream.
Enjoy!
So, I’ve been following your Titanic site since, well, since it began years and years ago when I too had a Titanic site (remember, when Back to Titanic was actually updated and there were other awesome fan sites just like yours… aw, those were the days). Anyway, I had no idea you had a blog and I love it. I will definitely be following from here on out. It is wonderfully informative and so creative.
I’m so glad you found me (again) Lindsay! It’s amazing (and a little bit sad) how much the internet has changed since the early 2000’s. Now that I’m out of school I’m glad to be able to give Make it Count some more attention, but it still doesn’t get a lot, unfortunately 🙁 There’s just not that much Titanic news anymore. Alas.]
Great Recipe! I’ve cooked it for dinner today (minus the pesto, I didn’t have any at home) and really enjoyed it.
Awesome! Thanks for reading & cooking with me 😀