Comments on: real life test kitchen: summer pasta http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/ where people who love their homes click Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:07:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Steph http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-117908 Steph Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:45:04 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-117908 A friend shared the EXACT same recipe with me last year - with one modification: brie instead of mozzarella. Let the brie macerate with the rest of the ingredients and it will breakdown nicely and coat your pasta more evenly (cream-ily?) than the mozzarella. Very rich and sinful and oh what it does for the bread-dipping sauce remnants in your bowl... *swoon* A friend shared the EXACT same recipe with me last year - with one modification: brie instead of mozzarella. Let the brie macerate with the rest of the ingredients and it will breakdown nicely and coat your pasta more evenly (cream-ily?) than the mozzarella. Very rich and sinful and oh what it does for the bread-dipping sauce remnants in your bowl… *swoon*

]]> By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » new obsession: skinny cow frozen treats http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-116432 shelterrific » Blog Archive » new obsession: skinny cow frozen treats Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:08:59 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-116432 [...] been a hot, hellish week here in the Big Apple. Too tired to cook (thank God for leftovers), or even venture out for a pint of ice cream, I’m grateful that our freezer is well stocked [...] [...] been a hot, hellish week here in the Big Apple. Too tired to cook (thank God for leftovers), or even venture out for a pint of ice cream, I’m grateful that our freezer is well stocked [...]

]]> By: Bill http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-116174 Bill Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:42:35 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-116174 I'm making this tonight! I've had the olive oil. basil, & garlic sitting since early this morning...so excited, it sounds great & I have a ton of tomatoes & didn't know what I was going to do w/them...thanks for this! I’m making this tonight! I’ve had the olive oil. basil, & garlic sitting since early this morning…so excited, it sounds great & I have a ton of tomatoes & didn’t know what I was going to do w/them…thanks for this!

]]> By: Brie http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-116133 Brie Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:13:16 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-116133 Made this last night for the first time and had the same problem- I didn't let the pasta cool down enough and it melted the mozzarella (not the cheapo kind, either!). I used Mini Penne but I like Lesley's suggestion of using wagon wheels... Other than big globs of gooey mozzarella (is that really a bad thing?), it was spectacular! The 2 of us enjoyed it with a glass (read as: bottle) of Penfolds. This will definitely become a regular recipe in the summer pasta rotation. Made this last night for the first time and had the same problem- I didn’t let the pasta cool down enough and it melted the mozzarella (not the cheapo kind, either!). I used Mini Penne but I like Lesley’s suggestion of using wagon wheels…
Other than big globs of gooey mozzarella (is that really a bad thing?), it was spectacular! The 2 of us enjoyed it with a glass (read as: bottle) of Penfolds. This will definitely become a regular recipe in the summer pasta rotation.

]]> By: Lesley http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-115803 Lesley Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:45:54 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-115803 I think the recipe was many times more complicated than it needed to be--you could also chop up all these ingredients, toss them together, and add the hot pasta (along with a little hot pasta water, if necessary), and it would be just as delicious. I'm speaking from experience--every summer when the good tomatoes and basil arrive, it's a weekly dinner of mine. And, incidentally, wagon wheel pasta is the perfect shape for this dish, catching all the goodness between the spokes... I think the recipe was many times more complicated than it needed to be–you could also chop up all these ingredients, toss them together, and add the hot pasta (along with a little hot pasta water, if necessary), and it would be just as delicious. I’m speaking from experience–every summer when the good tomatoes and basil arrive, it’s a weekly dinner of mine. And, incidentally, wagon wheel pasta is the perfect shape for this dish, catching all the goodness between the spokes…

]]> By: Joan http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-115742 Joan Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:04:39 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-115742 Or you could let the pasta cool first. Or you could let the pasta cool first.

]]> By: malea http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-115720 malea Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:05:14 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2007/08/08/real-life-test-kitchen-summer-pasta/#comment-115720 re the cheese clumpage-- cook's illustrated recently tacked this recipe (they called it capresse pasta), and found that the cheese clumped unless it was pricey handmade mozzarella, or more affordably, if you refrigerated the chopped mozzarella before adding it to the bowl. Sounds delicious! re the cheese clumpage–

cook’s illustrated recently tacked this recipe (they called it capresse pasta), and found that the cheese clumped unless it was pricey handmade mozzarella, or more affordably, if you refrigerated the chopped mozzarella before adding it to the bowl. Sounds delicious!

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