Mean, Green, Roasted Pepper Sauce

Note: do NOT mix red and green peppers because that will equal a funky brown colored sauce. Unless you don’t care, in which case, mix away!

1. Begin toasting pine nuts on low-medium heat; wiggle pan often. Set aside once toasted to a light brown (5 minutes).

2. While toasting, remove the paper on the tomatillos and wash them (you will not get all the sticky stuff off, but that’s OK). Roast the tomatillos, hot peppers, and green peppers on a grill or on the top rack of your oven on broil. Rotate them every few minutes until they are black. This would be a good time to check out PW’s pictures. The tomatillos will be kind of mushy and drippy and will not turn black, but the peppers will.

3. Remove the tomatillos and peppers and place them in a plastic bag to sweat for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, dice up the onion and put it with the minced garlic in a pot with olive oil on the bottom on medium-low heat. Stir often, making sure they don’t burn – you want them mushy.

4. Remove the skins from the peppers (if your hot peppers are too small, you can leave the skins on) and remove the insides. Make sure to get all the seeds out of the hot peppers! Remove as much of the tomatillo skins as possible, but don’t fret if you can’t get them all off. Throw the tomatillos and peppers in a food processor, add the toasted pine nuts and puree them together.

5. Cook pasta according to package directions.

6. Add the puree to the mushy onions and garlic. Add the minced cilantro now, and many pinches of salt. Do not be alarmed if you think you are adding too much salt. Add and combine the cream to the sauce and taste to see if it needs more salt (it probably will).

*If you are concerned with spiciness, you should have stuck with PW’s original, but you can fix it now by adding a little more cream or some finely grated cheese. Enjoy the meal with a tall glass of milk too. Dairy calms and washes away capsaicin. Likewise, if you get too much capsaicin on your hands, rinse them with milk in the sink.

7. Serve over pasta with the Parmesan and parsley. This also goes great with sausage or grilled chicken.