Thursday, March 4, 2010

Ooohhh... Pasta Again...?!?!?

Yaaaa..... sorry but that was the menu for the dinner last night. Sounds so boring. Pasta and pasta again...?!?!?

Well but it's totally different from what I have cooked before, and maybe this is the first time I ever cooked it this style. So what is it?

1. Spinach Tagliatelle with Creamy Pesto Sauce
(spinach tagliatelle, whipping cream, white wine, fresh basil, peas, fresh mint, roasted pepper)
For the pesto sauce: fresh basil, salt, black pepper, roasted pine nuts, parmesan cheese, olive oil - all ingredients blended together


From Kitchen Runaway

2. Enoki Mushroom Tempura
(fresh enoki, cold beer, white wine/ sake, salt, fresh parsley, cayenne pepper and oregano powder - optional)

From Kitchen Runaway


The Spinach Tagliatelle turned out to be quite good. Very creamy, sure! But it didn't make you feel sick eating it. The fresh mint and the roasted pepper actually helped to neutralize the "milky" taste. Oh and of course the white wine did wonder too!

The Enoki Tempura was also really good. The only problem was with the salt. I wanted to sprinkle some salt on the mushroom instead of the batter, and that caused uneven saltiness. Apart from that, the batter was good. Crispy and puffy...!!! Mmmmm..... yummy =)

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