A Meal to Make You Say MMMmmmm!!

Ok I admit it, my husband and I are obsessed with pasta. We definately have a weekness for almost any combination of pasta and sauce. Last night was such a night that we both had a craving for pasta-y goodness. So we went to the store and picked up some heavy cream, parmesean cheese, roma tomatos, shallots, garlic, chicken, italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, fresh basil, green olives, capers, and bowtie pasta. What we didn't know was the combination of these simple ingrediants would leave our mouths watering and our stomachs craving more.

It has been less than 24 hours and I am already craving more of this pastas creamy goodness. Its a light sauce that suprises you here and there with a bite of salty green olive, and deliciously robust tomato. Not to mention the yummy bites of chicken and the deliciously al dente bowties. The basil gives this pasta a rich depth of flavor and color and is the bow on the top of the present.

Start by cutting 1 chicken breast into long thin pieces season with salt, pepper, and a healthy amount of italian seasoning. Heat a saute pan over medium high heat with a small amount of olive oil and place chicken in, don't move the chicken once its in the pan, allow it to get golden on the first side before you turn it over. You should only be turning it once, if you move the chicken it wont turn golden. Cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center.

You will need to chop up 2 shallot and 4 cloves of garlic warm olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat to start the sauce. Once the oil is warm saute garlic and shallots for about a minuet. You don't want to have your heat so high that you burn the garlic, this will cause a bitter taste and its not what your looking for. Once the garlic and shallots have sauted add 2 diced roma tomatoes, a pinch of red pepper flakes, 6 large olives chopped, and 5 chopped capers. Saute this for another minuet or so until you have infused the oil with the flavors. Add about 1 cup of heavy cream, and bring to a gentle simmer. Once it has reached a gentle simmer add 1/2 cup of Parmesean cheesse and continue to simmer until it slightly thickens. Add the chicken pieces at the end to warm through then toss the sauce with bowtie pasta that has been cooked to al dente.