Re: Receipes for a single man
Here's an excellent spagetti sauce that cooks in a skillet on top of the stove in in the time it takes the pasta to boil, looks & tastes like you really know what you're doing. It's called putanesca or something like that.<br /><br />This will really impress a date.<br /><br />6 cloves of garlic, chopped<br />6 cans of whole tomatos, drained & quartered<br />can of ripe olives, whole<br />tin of anchovies, chopped<br />couple tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped<br />red pepper flakes, maybe about a teaspoon<br />capers, unless you don't like capers<br />couple of tbls olive oil<br /><br />start the water for the spaghetti<br />heat the oil in a skillet on high heat<br />toss in the garlic & saute for a few minutes<br />add the tomatoes, anchovies, capers, pepper flakes and about 3/4 of the olives, and stir<br /><br />take the sauce off the fire when the spaghetti's done, save a couple pinches of the parsley & throw the rest on top but don't stir it in<br /><br />drain the pasta & put it on serving plates<br />top it with your sauce (but don't toss it), carelessly toss the remaining olives & parsley on top & add some parmesan cheese if you like.<br /><br />include the anchovies even if you don't usually eat achovies; they're not recognizable once you're done, and they add a great salty flavor. Otherwise you might as well use Ragu.<br /><br />don't get generic store brand olives, spring for the name brand, they're worth it.<br /><br />don't use dried parsley; if you can't get fresh just leave it off.<br /><br />don't add juice from the canned tomatoes unless the sauce is getting too dry, then just add a little at a time to keep it from drying out.<br /><br />If you're cooking for a girl, don't forget a salad, garlic bread and wine. Otherwise this stuff goes great with a dark beer.<br /><br />bon appetit
<br /><br />Aldo
