Prepare noodles using Basic Egg Pasta Dough (made with 2-1/4 cup all-purpose flour) Melt butter in a large skillet. When butter foams, add cream. Simmer over medium heat about 2 minutes until slightly thickened. Season with salt and white pepper. Fill a very large saucepan two-thirds full with salted water. Bring water to a boil. […]

Grate or shred the cheese. Cut the bread into cubes. Peel the garlic, halve, rub the inside of a cast iron fondue dish (caquelon) with the garlic. Pour the wine into the dish, place the dish on the hot stove (not too hot !), add the cheese and stir CONTINUOUSLY until it has melted. Blend […]

Wash eggplant; do not peel. Trim ends and cut eggplant crosswise into rounds 1/4″ thick. Place on broiler pan or baking sheet, brush surface with oil, and broil about 3″ from heat 5 min, until lightly browned. Turn, brush uncooked side with oil, and broil 3 min on other side. Place single layer of cooked […]

My own creation. Clean 2lbs. mussels in H2O & lots of black pepper for an hour & then drain. Clean beards off mussels. In a large pan, saute garlic in 2 tbls of olive oil, slow heat. Add basil leaves, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, parsley,>> onions, mushrooms and green pep- pers. Everything should be […]

FILLING: Thoroughly blend sugar and 1 tb. liqueur. Add mixture to well-beaten egg yolk to make a paste; beating untill smooth (abt. consistency of mayonnaise). CREPES: Combine milk and egg yolks. Mix flour with sugar and salt. Add liquid mixture to dry ingreds., and mix thoroughly. Preheat griddle to med heat and grease lightly with […]

Cook and stir meat and onion in large skillet or Dutch oven until meat is brown. Drain off fat. Stir in remaining ingredients except spaghetti and cheese; heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaf. Cook spaghetti as directed on package; drain. Serve sauce over spaghetti and […]

Trim and discard fat from pork; cut pork into 1-inch cubes. Heat oil in a wide 3 to 4 quart pan over medium-high heat. Add meat, a few pieces at a time, and cook until lightly browned on all sides. Lift out meat, transfer to a plate, and keep warm; reserve drippings in pan. Add […]

Cook pasta to the aldente stage; drain. Melt butter in a fireproof serving dish. Add the mascarpone cheese (or whipping cream) but do not let boil. Add cooked pasta to the warm mascarpone mixture, coating it well. Add the parmesan cheese and chopped walnuts. Serve with extra parmesan to taste. This is a very rich […]

optional — your favorite fresh green chiles, chopped or sliced. Cilantro if you like it. Slice up the pork and trim away most of the fat. Dice both the lean meat and the fat into 1/2-inch cubes; set the diced fat aside. In a heavy pot over a hot flame, cook the lean pork with […]

Soak red peppers in vodka for 24 hours. Combine cream, butter and tomatoes in heavy large saucepan. Simmer until reduced by 1/3, about 12 minutes. Cook pasta according to directions. Drain and add to sauce. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Discard red peppers, and add vodka to pasta. Simmer until sauce thickens, stirring constantly, about […]