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(This is my new favorite pasta dish. It’s amazing and I highly recommend giving it a shot!) Fettucine with Sweet Potato, Feta and Olives Ingredients: 3 lb sweet potato, cut into small cubes 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 4-6 cloves of garlic, crushed or finely diced 2 Tb butter 4 red onions, sliced into thin wedges 1 lb basil fettucine 13 oz soft sheep’s feta cheese, diced 6.5 oz pitted kalamata olives, cut in half 1/2 cup firmly packed basil, loosely chopped or torn 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place sweet potato, oil and garlic in a big bowl and toss to coat potatoes. Lay out the sweet potatoes in a roasting pan and roast for 15 minutes. Flip over/turn and roast other side for another 15 minutes, until tender and golden. Keep warm. 2. Meanwhile, melt butter in a deep frying pan and cook the onions over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 25-30 minutes, or until onions are soft and slightly caramelized. 3. Cook the pasta in a large pot of rapidly boiling salted water until al dente (about 3 minutes). Be careful not to overcook! Drain and return pasta to pan. Add the onion to the pasta and gently toss together. (from here I assembled individual plates of the pasta/ onion mixture, placing the sweet potato, feta, olives and basil on top and drizzling with extra virgin olive oil)

(This is my new favorite pasta dish. It’s amazing and I highly recommend giving it a shot!)

Fettucine with Sweet Potato, Feta and Olives

Ingredients:

3 lb sweet potato, cut into small cubes

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

4-6 cloves of garlic, crushed or finely diced

2 Tb butter

4 red onions, sliced into thin wedges

1 lb basil fettucine

13 oz soft sheep’s feta cheese, diced

6.5 oz pitted kalamata olives, cut in half

1/2 cup firmly packed basil, loosely chopped or torn

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place sweet potato, oil and garlic in a big bowl and toss to coat potatoes. Lay out the sweet potatoes in a roasting pan and roast for 15 minutes. Flip over/turn and roast other side for another 15 minutes, until tender and golden. Keep warm.

2. Meanwhile, melt butter in a deep frying pan and cook the onions over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 25-30 minutes, or until onions are soft and slightly caramelized.

3. Cook the pasta in a large pot of rapidly boiling salted water until al dente (about 3 minutes). Be careful not to overcook! Drain and return pasta to pan. Add the onion to the pasta and gently toss together.

(from here I assembled individual plates of the pasta/ onion mixture, placing the sweet potato, feta, olives and basil on top and drizzling with extra virgin olive oil)

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