Pasta With Tomato, Chard And Sunflower Seed Sauce

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Pasta With Tomato, Chard And Sunflower Seed

Sauce

 

1/2 cup sunflower seeds

1 teaspoon canola

oil

8 ounces onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 pounds fresh

tomatoes, peeled and seeded

1 can tomato paste, (6 ounce)

1 teaspoon

minced fresh oregano

1 tablespoon minced fresh basil

1 teaspoon salt,

optional

freshly ground pepper

8 ounces fresh chard

1 pound

linguine

 

Prepare the chard: wash, remove ribs, and cut

crosswise into 1-inch ribbons.

In a large saucepan or sauté‚pan, toast seeds

until very lightly browned. In food processor or nut grinder, grind half of the

seeds until very fine. Reserve remaining half for garnish. Heat oil in the

pan.

Add onion and cook, stirring, until softened. Add garlic and cook

briefly. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, ground sunflower seeds, herbs, salt and

pepper. Simmer about 15 minutes until somewhat thickened.

Steam chard until

tender, about 5 minutes. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook pasta

until al dente. Drain; remove to serving platter. Toss with sauce. Top with

remaining sunflower seeds. Serves 6