Assorted Ravings of the Slightly-Weird

Mad About Pasta

I was in the mood to cook last night, so I decided to make dinner. The menu: angel hair pasta with anchovy and tomato sauce, steak with sauteed mushrooms and onions, and Nutella ice cream for dessert.

No pictures unfortunately, since we polished off the meal before I could think of taking any. The steak was ok but definitely a work in progress. The pasta was yummy - I like a little bit more salt in my food so the anchovies definitely tasted awesome. As for the ice cream, it was YUMMY! Next time I'm putting in more Nutella.

Just in case anyone's interested, here are the recipes for the pasta sauce and the ice cream.

Anchovy and Tomato Sauce
Time: 8 minutes

3 tbsp olive oil
5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 can of anchovy fillets
3 large tomatoes, pitted and chopped into bite-size pieces (if you want your sauce to be erm, well, more saucey, then don't bother to remove the pits)
Basil
Pepper to taste

Heat olive oil, toss in garlic and fry till lightly browned. Add in anchovy fillets and stir till anchovies dissolve, this could take up to 4 minutes. Add in tomatoes and basil and stir to coat. Toss with pasta (you could use angelhair or linguine).

Nice and simple!

Hazelnut Ice Cream with Nutella
Time: 20 minutes plus freezing time

2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups heavy or whipping cream
1 cup milk
2 tsp hazelnut extract
Nutella chunks

Whisk the eggs till light and fluffy, add in sugar and whisk till pale yellow. Add in the cream, milk and hazelnut extract and whisk to blend. Pour into ice-cream machine. When the ice cream starts stiffening, add in the Nutella chunks

Note: It's important that all your ingredients be as cold as possible so put everything in the fridge for a bit before you start.

Hmmm. What to cook this week?? :D

Posted by scrabbyfoo at May 28, 2007 10:36 AM