Turkish Pasta With Yoghurt Mint Sauce

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3/4 cup hopped onion
• 1/2 lb ground chicken (or lamb or beef sausage)
• 1 -2 jalapeno, deseeded and finely chopped (or pickled peperoncinis)
• 2 sprigs thyme
• handful of chopped flat leaf parsley
• salt & pepper
• 3 cups plain yoghurt
• 3 -4 minced large garlic cloves
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped mint leaves
• salt
• 5 tablespoons butter or 5 tablespoons margarine
• 3/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 1 lb pasta (bowties work well to hold the meat and sauce)

Recipe

• 1 directions.
• 2 1.cook onions in olive oil til soft, add meat, jalapenos, thyme, parsley til meat is browned. stir in a few tablespoons of water and season with salt and pepper and simmer 10 mins (add more water in necessary).
• 3 2.to make the yoghurt sauce put all ingredients in a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon til creamy, set aside on a warm spot on the stove.
• 4 3.cook and drain pasta, toss with the meat sauce in a serving bowl. pour the yoghurt sauce over top.
• 5 4.for the topping, heat butter til frothy and add paprika and cayenne. cook for a few seconds and drizzle over the youghurt sauce.
• 6 5.top with fresh mint leaves in desired.
• 7 6.enjoy!