Anytime Tomato Primavera Sauce - Lidia

Ingredients

• Vegatable for Blanching
• 3 cups or so TOTAL of the following in any colorful combination
• Zucchini, sliced crosswise in 1/2-inch pieces
• Small broccoli florets on short stems, about 1-inch wide (slice if necessary)
• Asparagus stalks, trimmed and sliced on the bias in 3/4-inch pieces
• Green beans, trimmed and sliced on the bias in 3/4-inch lengths
• 1 cup frozen peas
• Or equivalent amounts of cut-up cauliflower, peppers, leeks
• Vegetables For The Skillet
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 small onion , cut in 1/4-inch-thick half-moon slices (about 1/2 cup)
• 4 fat garlic cloves, sliced (about 1/4 cup)
• 1/4 teaspoon dried peperoncino (hot red pepper flakes)
• 2 cups fresh mushrooms, stems trimmed and sliced 1/4-inch thick, or a mixture of cremini, common mushrooms, and shiitake (caps only)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups (half of 35-ounce can) canned San Marzano or other Italian plum tomatoes, with juices, crushed by hand into small chunks
• Boiling salted pasta-cooking water
• For Dressing Pasta
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (optional)
• 3/4 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or Grana Padano