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A New Love: Jacques Pépin's Fast Food
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This week was not a banner week for cooking and new recipes, but I did get to a couple of the recipes from this month's magazines. Since I have a new bottle of truffle oil in my cabinet (does anyone else's mom use gourmet food as stocking stuffers?) I tried the Tagliatelle with Mushrooms, Peas, and Truffle Oil from the R.S.V.P. section of Bon Appétit. The recipe was originally from North, in Scottsdale, AZ, and hailed as a rich vegetarian alternative. The dish, as you can see, was beautiful, and pretty yummy too, especially with some extra truffle oil on it and really good Parmigiano-Reggiano. The only disappointment was that the dish smelled better when it was cooking than it tasted when it was finished - a cruel twist of fate. The Guy liked it better than I did since he hadn't spent the evening smelling the wonderful aromas of sautéing mushrooms. I served it with a salad of Boston lettuce drenched in the French Vinaigrette from the back page of Gourmet. It was a nice salad dressing, but a little blander than I usually like, so I might have to change it up if I use the recipe again.
I should disclose that I used fresh fettuccine instead of tagliatelle (the recipe allows for this alternative), a slightly fruity white wine, and regular garden peas instead of petite peas. I also left out the parsley since I didn't want to have the rest of it sitting around going bad in the fridge.
The other recipe I tried was the German Apple Pancakes from Gourmet, originally from a 1952. Unfortunately the recipe was not at all what I was hoping for. The recipe is fairly difficult, requiring a lot of slicing to get the apple "matchsticks", and then cooking each pancake separately, keeping each one warm in the oven. Sadly, the work is not worth it. The apple flavor is not strong, and the combination of the apples and the lemon juice taste almost like onions. In the end, it doesn't really taste like either breakfast or dessert. I didn't finish my helping, and The Guy only did after drowning his in maple syrup. So sad - but at least I have my old recipe, which is much easier and totally yummy.
Next week, Butterscotch Chiffon Pie, Green Tea Cheesecake, and hopefully, a lot more.
Tagliatelle with Mushrooms, Peas, and Truffle Oil
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 pound assorted wild mushrooms (such as oyster, crimini, and stemmed shiitake), sliced [I used shitake, crimini, and hedgehog mushrooms]
3/4 cup dry white wine
1 9-ounce package fresh tagliatelle or fettuccine
1 3/4 cups frozen petite peas, thawed
1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil
2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley
1 teaspoon white or black truffle oil [I added more before I served it]
1/2 cup (about) vegetable broth
2 cups shaved Parmesan cheese
Melt butter with oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic; stir 30 seconds. Add mushrooms and sauté until brown and juices evaporate, about 8 minutes. Add wine and boil 1 minute. (Sauce can be prepared 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Rewarm before continuing.)
Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain.
Add peas to sauce and stir over medium-high heat to warm through. Stir in basil, parsley, adn truffle oil. Add pasta to sauce; toss to coat. Add enough vegetable broth to pasta to moisten. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to bowls. Top with Parmesan and serve.
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I must confess that I am disappointed almost every time I cook mushrooms - they never taste as good as they smelled while I was cooking them. It's a funny problem to have, because I love the taste of mushrooms when I didn't have a hand in the cooking of them. From now on, I suppose I will just have to find someone to cook my mushrooms for me!
Posted by: Cassie at January 21, 2006 05:04 PM
