Pink Alfredo Sauce

I wanted to make Stephen a special dinner to go with our awesome dessert :) He LOVES alfredo sauce, obviously not the best menu choice, but every once in a great while is ok. I wanted to make this alfredo pink to go along with the theme, so with the help of a little tomato paste, that was possible! I served this recipe up with some cheese tortellinis shaped like hearts (totally cheesy huh? but I love it)

1/4 cup butter

1.5 cups heavy cream

1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese, graded

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

2 teaspoons tomato paste

Directions:

• Peel your garlic and smash. To do this, you will put about 1/4 teaspoon of salt on your minced garlic. Then you will begin to make a paste of the garlic by smashing the edge of your knife on the garlic and pulling your knife back, really just smashing the garlic into your cutting board- the salt acts as an aggregate. 
• Melt the butter in a pan and add the garlic to cook for about 1 minute
• Add in the cream, tomato paste, and seasoning and stir for about 5 minutes
• Add the parmesan cheese and stir. Cook for about 5-8 more minutes until it has thickened
• Serve over your favorite pasta!