Tim and I were attending a kids/adults new year's eve party and so we decided to test out our pasta recipe. Since we knew there would be a lot of young children at the party, we substituted pinwheel pasta instead of the longer strand and harder to eat bucatini. We also used the much less expensive crimini mushroom instead of Chanterelles. Didn't think little toddlers would be able to discern the flavor of $20/lb mushrooms. Those were the only two substitutions and for our meet up, we will definitely use the "good stuff."
This pasta dish was easy to throw together and subtle in flavor. Just good old-fashioned ingredients. A note on peeling and seeding the tomatoes, this was a much harder task than it would seem and took some time. We found it best to puree by putting the whole peeled and seeded tomatoes in a bowl, cutting up with kitchen shears and then crushing using a potato masher.
I think the dish could have benefitted from some crushed red pepper flakes. Maybe next time, but wouldn't want to make it too spicy for some who might not like too much spice. Also curious to see if the dish will be more flavorful with Chanterelles instead of Crimini. We'll see next week if that is the case.
This pasta dish was easy to throw together and subtle in flavor. Just good old-fashioned ingredients. A note on peeling and seeding the tomatoes, this was a much harder task than it would seem and took some time. We found it best to puree by putting the whole peeled and seeded tomatoes in a bowl, cutting up with kitchen shears and then crushing using a potato masher.
I think the dish could have benefitted from some crushed red pepper flakes. Maybe next time, but wouldn't want to make it too spicy for some who might not like too much spice. Also curious to see if the dish will be more flavorful with Chanterelles instead of Crimini. We'll see next week if that is the case.
Last, I believe the beauty of this dish is using ripe in-season ingredients. In retrospect it's more of a spring time dish which doesn't really fit for winter. We had to use frozen peas and our tomatoes were definitely not the best in season. The dish would probably have tasted more flavorful and fresh if using fresh picked ingredients.
Substituted the much cheaper Crimini Mushroom
Prosciutto
peeled, seeded, crushed plum tomatoes
Sautee the garlic and prosciutto together
Add mushrooms
Add peas and tomatoes
Add pasta season well w/ salt/pepper (note we used pinwheel pasta here instead of bucatini)
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