This week: Italian! including ‘Mixed-Up Cauliflower’, and Spaghetti and Meatballs.
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-JT
Thanks for the ping!
Hoping someone will post a recipe for Sunday Gravy as we are expecting a bumper crop of tomatoes.
:)
Would like a nice homemade lasagna recipe. I mean like from grandma’s kitchen.
That is a great cookbook. I love sweet and savory dishes as in Sicilian dishes. I will make the cauliflower dish-it sounds wonderful.
We had fresh caught Alaska halibut last week and I made this old favorite;
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/pacific-halibut-in-a-sicilian-sauce-recipe.html
Italian! I love Italian cooking, could eat it every night.
Here’s a mess I like to make up:
Brown a pound of Italian sausage (no self-respecting Italian cook uses hamburger) along with finely chopped onion.
In a separate pot, simmer the tomato sauce, tomato paste and seasonings (oregano, thyme, sage, basil, rosemary, garlic, red pepper, bay leaf). The amounts are a matter of guesswork and estimation. Don’t ask for anything exact from me, you have to try your own blend.
Mix the browned meat and onions. Go watch a Cubs game or Formula 1 race and let it simmer.
Cook some penne or rigatoni, spread in the bottom of a baking dish. Smother with the sauce, cook at 350 for 40 minutes, cover with layer of shredded mozarella for the last five minutes.
For fun, add some Schwanns cheese stuffed shells to the rigatoni/penne layer, add some meatballs to the sauce or substitute same for the Italian sausage.
Then stuff yourself.