Hello boys and girls!
Its been a long weekend. A long emotional reflective weekend since its the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. Its been 9/11 related documentaries all weekend long. In between flipping to the occasional "Chopped" episode, I didn't really do much but reflect and clean the house. It just seems like it dragged on. My only solace was my venture into Manhattan to visit the Chelsea Market. It definitely is a close second to the Whole foods in Union Square. There's a little store that I have become quite fond of. Buon Italia. I'm almost positive there are other stores that sell cheese and oil/vinegar, however there is something about this store that just screams Italy. Could it be the man behind the deli counter slicing speck and screaming in Italian.
Just sayin..lol
The cans of San Marzano tomatoes did happen to catch my eye. Many chefs regard these tomatoes to be the very best tomatoes for sauce, however I am very much a Red pack girl. So I did not buy any. I originally went there to buy some french lentils (makes for a very tasty lentil soup), but they were sold out. I was very disappointed. Being the good little shopper that I am, I found some other things to spend my money on. I bought a small chunk of black truffle speckled pecorino romano cheese. Always looking for the opportunity to experience truffles, I simply couldn't resist. It was reasonable priced at 9.95 a pound.
I bought some beautiful sun dried tomatoes from Sicily and a half a pound of fresh tagliatelle pasta. I have never experienced fresh pasta before. Only the dried stuff in the box. after putting this in my shopping basket, it all started to fall into place. Pasta, sun dried tomatoes, pecorino. A yummy pasta dinner makes Allison a happy happy girl.
So this was last nights dinner. Fresh pasta, red peppers and sun dried tomatoes sauteed together with a drizzle of black truffle extra virgin olive oil. Topped with 2 tablespoons of pecorino cheese. I charged myself seven points for this dish. Naturally I only cooked up 2 ounces of pasta which came out to about a cup cooked. the sun dried tomatoes were kind of on the salty side so i only salted the water for the pasta. Then I just added some black pepper to the dish after it was put together.
If you have never tried fresh pasta, you really are doing yourself an injustice. This is really how pasta should be eaten. I have officially become a pasta snob and will probably never eat the dried stuff again.
(okay that was just a big fat lie..lol...)
Hope this inspires you to go out and get some fresh pasta and a really good chuck of cheese. If you go to Buon Italia inside the Chelsea Market you can find both there. It is definitely worth the trip.
Off for now Bees and Bears!
Its been a long weekend. A long emotional reflective weekend since its the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. Its been 9/11 related documentaries all weekend long. In between flipping to the occasional "Chopped" episode, I didn't really do much but reflect and clean the house. It just seems like it dragged on. My only solace was my venture into Manhattan to visit the Chelsea Market. It definitely is a close second to the Whole foods in Union Square. There's a little store that I have become quite fond of. Buon Italia. I'm almost positive there are other stores that sell cheese and oil/vinegar, however there is something about this store that just screams Italy. Could it be the man behind the deli counter slicing speck and screaming in Italian.
Just sayin..lol
The cans of San Marzano tomatoes did happen to catch my eye. Many chefs regard these tomatoes to be the very best tomatoes for sauce, however I am very much a Red pack girl. So I did not buy any. I originally went there to buy some french lentils (makes for a very tasty lentil soup), but they were sold out. I was very disappointed. Being the good little shopper that I am, I found some other things to spend my money on. I bought a small chunk of black truffle speckled pecorino romano cheese. Always looking for the opportunity to experience truffles, I simply couldn't resist. It was reasonable priced at 9.95 a pound.
I bought some beautiful sun dried tomatoes from Sicily and a half a pound of fresh tagliatelle pasta. I have never experienced fresh pasta before. Only the dried stuff in the box. after putting this in my shopping basket, it all started to fall into place. Pasta, sun dried tomatoes, pecorino. A yummy pasta dinner makes Allison a happy happy girl.
So this was last nights dinner. Fresh pasta, red peppers and sun dried tomatoes sauteed together with a drizzle of black truffle extra virgin olive oil. Topped with 2 tablespoons of pecorino cheese. I charged myself seven points for this dish. Naturally I only cooked up 2 ounces of pasta which came out to about a cup cooked. the sun dried tomatoes were kind of on the salty side so i only salted the water for the pasta. Then I just added some black pepper to the dish after it was put together.
If you have never tried fresh pasta, you really are doing yourself an injustice. This is really how pasta should be eaten. I have officially become a pasta snob and will probably never eat the dried stuff again.
(okay that was just a big fat lie..lol...)
Hope this inspires you to go out and get some fresh pasta and a really good chuck of cheese. If you go to Buon Italia inside the Chelsea Market you can find both there. It is definitely worth the trip.
Off for now Bees and Bears!
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