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Review #130 - Dated: 1st of February, 2004 Author: Tucker |
It sounds simple, too simple really...
Boil water with a bit of oil (to stop the pasta sticking together) and let it bubble away for 8+/- minutes, drain, add to warm sauce, serve.
Guess what... it really WAS that simple! However, being a typical male, I had to tweak things a bit... besides which, my son was demanding some extras. So, I boiled the pasta (with a few pinches of salt added, to raise the boiling temperature a few degrees) until it was almost Al Dente (firm to the bite) then added some fresh runner beans chopped into 2cm lengths and let them boil with the pasta for 2 minutes until pasta was perfect. The beans were just starting to tenderise, leaving them with a crisp bite and all their colour.
Then I drained the pasta, added the sauce, put the pot back on the stove at a lower heat and stirred it constantly for 1 minute to warm it all through. Into bowls, served with hunks of freshly-torn french stick to mop up the sauce.
DELISHIMO! Although next time I will add a touch of garlic butter over the pasta once it has been dished, and some grated parmesan cheese and finely chopped parsley, as a final garnish.
If you are not a fan of parmesan, I would suggest you try and track down a fine cheese I tried a little while ago, called Kapiti Spicy Blue. Even for those, like me, who are not fans of Blue Cheese, you will LOVE this cheese. See the review onsite for more details.
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