Did you know you can cook pasta in wine? I absolutely adore risotto, which involves cooking rice in a wine/stock mixture. So why not pasta? I did a bit of research and found this article, which got me excited. This is a super easy way to change up or fancify (OMG that's a real word. How have I gone this long without knowing that?!) a quick pasta dinner. Doesn't red wine pasta sound very at-home-date-night to you? You can check out the recipe in the above article or you can make up something with what you have on hand. Here's what I did:
Cook your pasta in boiling, salted water for 3-4 minutes. Drain and then continue to cook in boiling red wine (I used a Zinfandel) until soft and ready to eat. The wine will reduce some as you cook. If you would like to make a sauce from some of the reduced wine go for it. I decided to keep things light and simply served my red wine pasta along with some lightly sauteed (in olive oil) onion, garlic and red bell pepper. I topped with a little feta and a few Kalamata olives. Delish! xo. Emma
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My grandmother always called those “drunken noodles”!
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This sounds absolutely delicious and it looks fabulous too! Thanks for all the inspiration every day!
Yum! Love the deep burgundy color!
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Hi Emma! Thank you so much for helping my boyfriend yesterday pick out a scarf for me from the shop! Of course, I love it! He travels to Springfield for work a few times a year and I am always tempted to call in sick so I can see the shop in real life! Maybe next time! It was fun hearing him talk about his experience and that now “Red Velvet” is something we share! xo Joy
Joy- He was so cute trying to find you the perfect thing. 🙂 Hope you like the scarf! 🙂
Oh my gosh, this looks so… FANCY! 😉 and delicious! I`m going to try this out soon! Yummy!
Lot of love from Germany!
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Wow these are different. I’d love to try one of these! (hopefully it won’t make me drunk lol)
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My father makes homemade pasta all the time (he’s very Italian!) I’ll have to send this idea to him! Thank You!
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So trying this for a stay at home date with the hubby. We’ll put the kids to bed early and start “cookin!” 🙂 Great post!
Mmm I love red wine pasta! Rachel Ray actually has a fantastic recipe, too, involving parmesan cheese and parsley: http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipes/rachael-ray-magazine-recipe-search/fast-recipes/red-wine-linguine
This is so cool!! xxx
looks delicious ! amazing recipe !
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All of the recent recipes look almost as fun to photograph as to eat! I need to cook more!
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They’re so pretty!! I would love to try this some time – absolutely the perfect date night recipe 🙂
xx Ashleigh
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Great idea, I will try this asap.
Genius, thanks so much for sharing…sounds delicious!!!
Wow, I’d never thought of doing this, it does look pretty fancy, how did it taste? I imagine it was quite rich
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such a delicious idea! definitely going to try this over my weekend.
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I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this. Looks delicious!!
Sabrina
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Seems lovely
This looks delicious!
xo Jennifer
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This looks delicious !
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wow it never cross my mind!! for trying out!
Kisses
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Hmmm they look yummy!
That looks delicious!
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Clau!
What a beautiful dish!
This looks and sounds so good! I honestly didn’t even know you could do something like this.. Great post.
Carlee
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Nice, it looks very good and sweet 🙂
I’ve seen this done on food network (usually iron chef) and sometimes on Rachel Ray’s talk show and I always thought what a great way to add more flavor. This dish you made looks amazing!
whoa, this is cray and i love it! i am way into colors and visual stimulation with food. plain noodles boring, wine pasta party!
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Two things:
1. OMG I found a word to use today when discussing ads at the agency I work at!
2. That recipe sounds delicious if I use fettuccine, and a thick creamy sauce….ideas.
Melinda
This is so colorful and delicious looking!
I love this! And the sauce pairings are endless.
Fancify is TOTALLY a part of my vocabulary from now on. Thanks!
amazing!
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Wow that looks absolutely delicious! 🙂
Liz
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My two favorite things! I’m going to try this for sure!
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It looks delicious !!
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i love cooking with wine but never even thought to cook pasta in wine! I will have to try this.
This looks sooo good. I must try it!
mind. blown.
this looks amazing!
I’ve Never heard, thought or seen this before!! You constantly surprise me with new ideas!
Wow, who would’ve thought?! That looks beautiful. It certainly has changed my outlook on drab pasta!
Wow! I eat pasta almost everyday and Ive never thought about that idea!! Great girls 🙂
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OOoh! What a beautiful red color. Do they taste like wine?
Leslie- Sort of. It really picks up the fruity notes, but not really the alcohol taste. If that makes sense. 🙂
woow, I didnt know. My husband will be excited to know too. This is really cool. thanks girls!
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This looks so yummy!!!
I’ve never even heard of this! But it makes sense, what a cool idea! I looove risotto!! 🙂
Wow this looks delicious and so colorful! Must try!
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Looks and sounds so yummy!, will have to make this ASAP,
thanks!!
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it looks delicious! Great idea
Oh my goodness, this looks and sounds amazing!
xx
Kelly
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This looks amazing!! Can’t wait to try it!!!
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I’d never heard of this before. My boyfriend is half italian, and always says his grandma was the best cook ever, so maybe I could convince him otherwise with this boozy pasta! x
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Intrigue to the max – I must try this asap!
AMazing and I am famished!
I love the colour that the red wine makes the pasta! Looks yummy. xo
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Red wine anything is fine by me!
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whoa i’ve never heard of boiling pasta in wine–but it looks DELICIOUS! so fancy and colorful! i may have to try this in the near future! yum!
Haley
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Wow that’s different!!! I have to try this one out!!!
I red an article with Carly Simon years ago and it mentioned her kid’s favourite meal being her drunken pasta – esssentially pasta cooked in water and red wine, and then she adds olive oil, garlic, chilli flakes and salt and pepper. We tried it and it was awesome. I like to cook some of the alcohol off the wine first with all the other ingredients then dump in the al dente linguine and let it soak up.
I was hungry before I read this post, and now it’s a little worse. This looks amazing! And it’s such a beautiful dish in general
Never tried this before so i’m intrigued to try it out! Thanks for posting the recipe 🙂
Lulu xx
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that last picture looks delicious! i usually just add my wine to the sauce i’m making to put on top of the pasta. I never actually thought about cooking the pasta in wine. thanks for the idea!
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Ummm…. I love to drink red wine with pasta… I bet it would be even better to eat wine pasta and drink red wine on the side!!! 😉 Looks delicious!
Interesting, never thought on boiling pasta on wine. That’s a great idea, and if the wine is sweet the pasta will be sweater. 😀
Kisses
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This looks lovely, and there is so much room for creativity. I love colourful foods 🙂
that sounds like the best idea!
What a fantastic idea! Looks amazing and simple and delicious! (:
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hmm, sounds delicious 🙂
xo, cheyenne
this looks delicious! super creative & tasty.. thank you for sharing!
This looks very delicious! The best parts of Mediterranean cuisine in one meal!
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What a simple way to liven up pasta! I will absolutely be trying this for my next at-home dinner. Thank you for sharing!
What?! This is crazy cool. And sounds like a good excuse to buy a bottle of wine and drink whatever I don’t cook with.
This seems like a lovely Valentine’s Day recipe. Thank you.
Looks divine Emma, I must try it!
Love that word fancify too…!
Jeanine
Oh my heavens WILL be making this.
Thanks for sharing your awesome recipes!!!
looks really yummy – I like your pasta combination too. Very mediteranean!
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This is totally mouth watering! I will definitely have to try this! Thank you for sharing, it looks so yummy!
Will have to try this!! So excited! Thanks for sharing!
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Okay, that looks SERIOUSLY good!
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GENIUS!
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love this! im not much of a cook but i think this would be really easy to make my man for valentines day 🙂 thanks for the recipe!
What a great idea!!!! Loved your toppings… it makes me literally drool! (huge feta+olives fan here)
You could also substitute the red pepper with diced tomato instead… or just add it, and sprinkle it with oregano!!! Yum!
This looks awesome! I love making pasta, I actually just made Udon on my blog for Meatless Monday. But i’ve never tried cooking pasta with wine. Next time I bust out the semolina I definitely will.
xx Kait
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Girls, thank you for sharing this recipe! I made it Saturday and it was an absolute success! Loved it!
This is a must-try!! 😀
I made this for dinner the other nite. I’m obsessed! It was delicious! Can’t wait to do it again!
This is a really good idea and I will most definitely try this…know I will love it! And then to drizzle the est olive oiluupon this dish, yes, Carothers Olive Oil. Sigh of contentment! http://www.carothersoliveoil.com.
I made a version of this last night for my honey on valentines day. Left out the olives and added tomatoes and cilantro. It was delicious!