Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cooking, crimini, food, foodie, sun-dried tomatoes, tomato, tortellini, wine on February 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I used the last of a bottle of white wine (of unknown age) to simmer some crimini mushrooms. I added some sun-dried tomato paste, basil and salt. When the timer went off for the tortellini, I turned off the heat under the mushrooms, added sliced grape tomatoes and covered. It looked pretty good, but was really sour (I think the wine had turned).
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cooking, food, foodie, pesto, tortellini, walnut on January 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »
“Deconstructed” because I didn’t have any fresh basil, so I couldn’t make a regular pesto. I used this recipe, Black Walnut Pesto as a base.
I started cooking 2oz of cheese tortellini. Meanwhile, I ground 1 1/2T of black walnuts in my mortar and pestle. When the pasta was done, I drained it and transferred it to a warmed bowl. I then put the pan back on the stove with 1T of butter. When the butter was hot and frothy, I pressed 1 clove of garlic into it and remove the pan from the heat. I mixed in the ground walnuts, the tortellini and goodly amount of dried basil, as well as salt and pepper. I mixed to coat, then served, garnished with some black walnut pieces.
Ravings of an Amateur Foodie 