Penne with Caramelized Onions and Smoked Beef
April 18, 2009 at 02:11 , by nix
Have you ever heard of the infamous book called French Women Don’t Get Fat? Apparently this is a bestseller and has caused much hoohaa when it was released. Recently I purchased its sequel, French Women for All Seasons. I may indulge in telling you what I think of the book in another post in the future, especially if/when I try its most celebrated recipe-slash-detox-weekend-sole-nourishment, the Magical Leek Soup. (I know right?! Sounds gross indeed). Anyway, as I was wading through the monographic lengthiness/waffle of the French insider, I skimmed past the bit on alcoholic intakes, and set my eyes on the advice on pasta. She says that a person ought to have only 120 gm of pasta per serving, and the French woman is to not eat this too frequently (once a week is fine). But then there was also a long-winded bit on how Italians can stay well-shaped eating pasta everyday. Zut alors.
Seeing that I have not eaten pasta for about three weeks now (hehe), and when it comes to carbs I am not a fan of rice, I settled the business of lunch by getting us a bag of penne. You may try this recipe with other meats (cured or otherwise), and sliced pieces of black-pepper steak seems much warranted for a good din-din too. This isn’t an exclusive recipe either, pasta is possibly the most flexible and most-used carb base for any meat-pairing… so you may have actually seen something similar somewhere else, or have a recipe of your own (can we trade??); in essence you can tweak much of this one.
Penne with Caramelized Onions and Smoked Beef (2 servings)
160g Penne, boiled according to packet instructions
1 medium Red Onion (Bombay), diced
dash of extra virgin olive oil OR knob of butter
Diced green capsicum/bell pepper
1 packet of smoked beef
1 medium tomato, seeded & diced
Chopped leeks
Coarse black pepper to taste
Boil the penne and drain. Heat oil or butter, and cook the onions on medium heat till they are caramelized and fragrant. Add tomato, capsicum and beef slices. Stir in pasta, add leeks and pepper to taste.
Pasta dishes are very easy and quick… kind of an obvious thing to say really. Another thing to note is don’t eat breads with pasta or you’ll soon find yourself dozing off too bed, or working off a sweat at the gym 
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by Jude
On April 20, 2009 at 14:49
I’m thinking smoked ham such as Black Forest or something. So wonderful how onions turn out once caramelized.
by nix
On April 20, 2009 at 16:02
Oh yes, I remember the hot dogs with caramelized onions on the streets of London on a cold wintery day. @_@