Pasta Milano
Recipe: Pasta Milano
Rating: TASTE SENSATION!
Difficulty: Not too bad, but does require some patience.
Ingredients:
5 cups heavy cream
12 cloves garlic, roasted.
1/2 cup chopped and drained sun dried tomatoes.
one container of Kraft grated parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons fresh finely chopped basil
4 tablespoons fresh finely chopped parsley
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons dry oregano
1 bottle white table wine (not cooking wine! If you use cooking wine I will come to your house and have several burly men perform an invigorating massage on your person!!!)
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
Method: Skin the garlic and put garlic cloves on some tin foil and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and roast until they begin to turn golden brown and smell sweet. While the garlic is roasting combine the wine and cream in a large pot and begin to simmer over medium to medium-high heat, stirring often. When the garlic is done (10-20 minutes) put it into a food processor and puree it. Add the garlic, pepper, oregano, and nutmeg to the wine-cream mixture.
Let it continue to simmer while you finely chop the sundried tomatoes in your food processor. Drain the sundried tomatoes in a fine strainer and rinse with cold water once to make sure they won't bleed their color into the pasta sauce. When they're rinsed and drained put them into the cream mixture. Finally, pound the parmesan container against a counter to avoid lumps and begin to slowly sprinkle it into the cream mixture while stirring constantly to incorporate.
Once the parmesan is fully incorporated let the mixture reduce to the consistency you prefer (it should be able to coat a ladle) and then stir in your chopped fresh herbs. Serve over Linguini or Farfale and top with grilled chicken if you wsih. But don't put this sauce on Spaghetti or I beat you with sticks. I hate spaghettil.
For an interesting change try using pink peppercorns rather than black pepper.
Comments: Very good food if you cant decide between a red and white sauce. This actually produces a nifty pink sauce which is very uncommon. I recomend topping it with green beans or asparagus and maybe some roast chicken to make a full meal.
