Eileen fulton's buckwheat pasta w/ smooth-as-velvet tomat

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 teaspoons Olive oil
6 Garlic clove, crushed
1 can Crushed Italian tomatoes (28 oz)
1 can Tomato sauce (8.5 oz)
1 can Tomato paste (8 oz)
1 small Onion, minced
1 small Jalapeno pepper, cut into 1/3s
1 pounds Buckwheat or whole-wheat pasta
2 teaspoons Fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon Sugar
¼ cup Red wine or sherry
Salt to taste
Parmesan cheese

Directions

Before she played meddlesome restauranteur Lisa Mitchell on CBS's AS THE WORLD TURNS, Eileen Fulton thought cooking was for the dogs. Or at least one dog. Years ago, Fulton cooked full-course meals for her Pekingese, Sarah Bernhardt.

"I simply didn't trust what was in the dog-food can," explains Fulton, who has since acquired two Shih Tzus: Simone Signoret and Sir Laurence Olivier. "I'd cook Sarah boiled chicken and rice and asparagus and steamed string beans, but she had the most terrible gastrointestinal problems. When I told the vet what I was feeding her, he said, 'Put her back on dog food right now.'" Although her dog food days in the kitchen are over, Fulton still enjoys cooking for herself and for her two-legged friends. She's especially nuts about noodles. "I eat pasta five nights a week. I learned how to cook it when I was married to husband number two, Danny Fortunata," says the thrice-divorced actress. "His mother, Hilda, taught me how to make what the Italians call gravy, or what we call sauce."

Sauce is exactly what Fulton was full of when she made her acting and singing debut at the age of 2: "Daddy was a Methodist preacher. It was Good Friday, and everyone in church was singing this awful hymn called 'There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood.' I heard that, and I ran down the aisle, jumped on the altar, and sang 'Put on the skillet, put on the bread, Mammy's gonna make a little shortening bread.' I was ushered out of the church in a hurry." In a large, heavy pot, heat olive oil until sizzling. Add garlic and cook until lightly browned. Add tomatoes, sauce, paste, onion, and jalapeno. Simmer for 30 minutes; cook pasta. Add lemon juice, sugar, wine, and salt to sauce. Remove jalapeno and serve over pasta. Top with cheese. Submitted By MICHAEL ORCHEKOWSKI On 10-31-94

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