Posted in Entertaining, Food, Home, tagged Cooking, Italy, Jamie Oliver, Pasta, Sausage Carbonara on May 17, 2018| 4 Comments »
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Posted in Food, tagged Jamie Oliver, Pasta on September 8, 2011| 1 Comment »
The dough waiting patiently to be transformed into linguine
Tomatoes & pancetta
The Sausage Carbonara
Jamie Oliver is also trying to change the way our children eat with his “Food Revolution” click here to learn more about it.“With a sharp knife, slit the sausage skins lengthwise and pop all the meat out. Using wet hands, roll little balls of sausage meat about the size of large marbles and place them to one side.
Heat a large frying pan and add a good splash of olive oil. Gently fry the sausage meatballs until golden brown all over, then add the pancetta and continue cooking for a couple of minutes, until it’s golden. While this is cooking, bring a pot of salted water to a boil, add the linguine, and cook according to the package instructions.
In a large bowl, whip up th egg yolks, cream, half the Parmesan, the lemon zest and the parsley. When the pasta is cooked, drain it in a colander, reserving a little of the cooking water, and immediately toss it quickly with the egg mixture back in the pasta pot. Add the hot sausage meatballs and toss everything together. The egg will cook delicately from the heat of the linguine, just enough for it to thicken and not scramble. The sauce should be smooth and silky. If the pasta becomes a little sticky add a few spoonfuls of the reserved cooking water to loosen it slightly. Sprinkle over the rest of the Parmesan, season if necessary, drizzle with extra virgin olive oil, and serve. Eat immediately!”
Posted in Food, tagged Jamie Oliver, Pasta, Rotolo on July 27, 2011| 1 Comment »
The other night I decided to have a go at making “Rotolo” — a rolled up pasta dish. This pasta is stuffed with butternut squash, spinach and ricotta. With the Texas heat reaching over 100 degrees everyday, I am trying to think of different ways to get through the hottest part of the day. One solution has been getting together with friends and cooking long meals (with a chilled glass of wine). So, my friend, Karla ( a food stylist here in San Antonio), and I took a recipe from Jamie Oliver’s Jamie’s Italy cookbook and gave Rotolo a shot.
Karla was in charge of the dough, which I am still a bit intimated by
The spinach waiting for its turn in the saute pan
The roasted butternut squash with coriander and fennel seeds
The rolled out dough ready to be stuffed
Iris rolling out her dough
rolling…
…rolling
rolled
into the boiling water
weights so it doesn’t float to the top
unrolling the pasta
Sliced and ready for the table with fresh grated Parmesan cheese and fried sage leaves. A great vegetarian dish, however, we did decide to serve it with steak and a beet salad. Very fun and super tasty!
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