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October 17th, 2022

Pasta e Fagioli from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

An easy and delicious soup. I used lardons for the meat. We were thinking that chicken sausages would be good, saucisse de volaille or merguez de volaille, cut in quarters lenghtwise, then into little... read more >

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	Fettucine with Gorgonzola From: Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes (reviewed 23rd November 2013) Pretty darn tasty for minimal effort. I made a half recipe using the end of a bit of Fourme D'Ambert, which is a "soft" blue for people who aren't big fans of blue cheese. (I admit I'm still learning to properly appreciate it.) Actually I suspect this is a good introduction to blue cheese for someone who thinks they don't like it. You could even be sneaky and say it's a sharp cheese with cream, and not mention any colors. Or just make a lot for yourself if you do.
	Fusilli with Sausage and Zucchini From: Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes (reviewed 5th September 2010) Very tasty. I made a full recipe of the sauce with about 12oz of pasta. This served 3 very adequately. I used orechiette instead of fusilli. The recipe took quite a bit longer than 30 minutes, in large part because I seeded the tomatoes. Also, I prepared all the veggies before starting to sauté the onions, so that I could make a salad while the sauce was cooking. If you can use whole tomatoes, you might be able to do everything in parallel has Hazan suggests and be done in 30 min. I used the Homemade Sausage from this book (and now need to make some more, as this is something I think I want to keep in the freezer!).
	Fusilli with Sausage, Ricotta, and Fresh Tomatoes From: Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes (reviewed 2nd November 2014) Very tasty pasta dish. I made a half recipe, using Hazan's super Homemade Sausage, which is something I try to keep in the freezer now. The pasta is lightly sauced as Italian pasta is usually served. It looked to little in the pan, but was perfect on the plate.
	Homemade Sausage From: Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes (reviewed 25th August 2010) Italian sausage is not something that's readily available in rural France. The Hazans (both Marcella and Giuliano) insist on sausage with no fennel. (I gather that in the US this is difficult to find.) Giuliano recommends making your own. After several people recommended this recipe, I tried it, making a full recipe and freezing half. I used my food processor to grind the pork. I just coarsely chopped the garlic and tossed it in with the pork while I was pulsing. The garlic didn't get much further on the road to finely chopped, but it didn't make much difference in the finished dish. The sausage was good; this might be something worth keeping some in the freezer.
	Linguine with Shrimp and Porcini From: Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes (reviewed 7th November 2014) Excellent, fast pasta. Interesting technique to enhance the mushroom flavor. The dried porcini/cêpes are soaked, then chopped and added to the sautéed onion along with the strained soaking liquid. Regular mushrooms are then added, followed by tomatoes, cream, and shrimp. Quite delicious. I made a half recipe for two. Used frozen, defrosted cooked shrimp.
	Spaghetti with Cauliflower and Pancetta From: Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes (reviewed 9th October 2010) A half recipe made a very nice dinner for two followed by a big salad. I like the "shortcuts": cooking the cauliflower whole in the soon-to-be pasta water and putting the garlic/pancetta/pepper flakes in the skillet with the oil even before turning on the heat.
	Spaghetti with Melon From: Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes (reviewed 11th July 2011) I saw this recipe last week on Hazan's site and printed it to make soon since we have a cantaloup wanting to be used. This morning I saw it tried on another blog and it was convenient to have a quick meal today, so into the kitchen I went. I made a half recipe for two, served with linguine rather than spaghetti. This is easy and quite fun. The sweet flavor is unexpected but works fine. Cantaloup is not overwhelmingly sweet, so this had not a dessert taste about it at all. If you feel the need for protein, some scallops or shrimp might be good. Or maybe some crispy fried pancetta sprinkled on at the end. Definitely a keeper.
	Spaghetti with Olives, Capers, and Anchovies From: Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes (reviewed 14th April 2011) Simple, fast, and good, can't beat that. If you think you don't like anchovies, use four instead of six for a whole recipe. But don't skip trying the recipe. The anchovies melt into the oil and the flavor complements the garlic, capers, and parsley. I used all three for a half recipe and it was fine. (I was a bit nervous because I overdid the anchovies in an artichoke stuffing a few days ago and was afraid I'd be oversensitive to them. Not.)
	Spaghetti with Shrimp, Tomatoes, and Capers From: Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes (reviewed 20th July 2014) Very tasty. Hazan says "The most time-consuming part is peeling and deveiing the shrimp." Hmm... peeling tomatoes is also pretty time-consuming in my book. I finessed the shrimp part by using frozen cooked ones. The dish was still good. Definitely a do-again recipe.
	Tagliatelle with Peas From: Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes (reviewed 26th March 2011) Really simple and good. I used frozen peas and imagine that fresh would be really outstanding. Served freshly grated parmesan at the table for some of the salt. Yum.

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