My pasta sauce is boring......any ideas?
- passed onto me by my ex italian in laws and it's easy to make
Feb 12, 2013, 4:19 am
#137
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That's a good tip for excess herb crops!
We currently have a windowsill full of herbs you have a small amount of every so often but not every day. So there's a couple of thyme plants, a rosemary, some mint and basil etc. They cost less than a pound each. Sometimes herbs become mush when frozen ie not certain they'd work in pesto .... so with us it's either fresh or freeze dried for stews and things.
That's a good tip for excess herb crops!
We currently have a windowsill full of herbs you have a small amount of every so often but not every day. So there's a couple of thyme plants, a rosemary, some mint and basil etc. They cost less than a pound each. Sometimes herbs become mush when frozen ie not certain they'd work in pesto .... so with us it's either fresh or freeze dried for stews and things.
Feb 12, 2013, 2:53 pm
#139
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Takes as long as it takes the water to boil and and is tasty.
Feb 17, 2013, 12:38 am
#141
Join Date: May 2009
Location: San Marino
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Try this: cook diced garlic and parsley in extravirgin olive oil (EVO), then add diced zucchini (or diced eggplants, peas, mushrooms or nearly any kind of vegs), cook 5 mins, then add diced tomatoes (San Marzano are excellent), salt and pepper or chili peppers. Do not add wine, if tomatoes are acid, add a teaspoon of ketchup.
You can make the sauce in the same way with clams or/and mussels.
A very interesting sauce without tomato is made cooking in EVO some diced garlic and chili peppers, adding "al dente" boiled broccoli and salt, then cooking shortly, just melting oil, garlic and broccoli. It's better if you add anchovies to the EVO at the beginning, but then add a smaller amount of salt!
You can make the sauce in the same way with clams or/and mussels.
A very interesting sauce without tomato is made cooking in EVO some diced garlic and chili peppers, adding "al dente" boiled broccoli and salt, then cooking shortly, just melting oil, garlic and broccoli. It's better if you add anchovies to the EVO at the beginning, but then add a smaller amount of salt!
Feb 17, 2013, 12:46 am
#142
Join Date: May 2009
Location: San Marino
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Anyone know a way to make basil pesto without as much oil ?
I normally buy it at the market and pour much of the oil off ,
Since I just used the last of it today I thought I would ask before buying more at the market....
is there any dried pesto sauce packets you can buy and add oil later ?
Thanks for your help.....
I normally buy it at the market and pour much of the oil off ,
Since I just used the last of it today I thought I would ask before buying more at the market....
is there any dried pesto sauce packets you can buy and add oil later ?
Thanks for your help.....