Sunday, April 17, 2011

Other dishes that can be created

We will start out with the flat pastas which include lasagna, linguini, fettuccini and papparadelle. Dried Lasagna noodles are usually about 2-3" wide and can be purchased in boxes either uncooked or precooked. Domestic lasagna noodles are longer than the imported ones; however most of the imported ones are of a better quality. You can usually also purchase fresh pasta which can be used for lasagna from your local Italian deli. Lasagna may either be served simply with a Bolognese (meat) sauce with shredded parmesan or more traditionally as a layered casserole. The sauce for lasagna can vary from marinara (tomato) to Bolognese, mushroom, vegetarian or seafood. There will usually be a layer of pasta, a layer of ricotta cheese, a layer of sauce and a layer of mozzarella. Sometimes the pasta  pictures of birthday cakes and cheese is layered without the sauce and the sauce is added at serving time.
The narrowest of the flat pasta is linguini; linguini is long narrow pasta (about " wide) which can be served with any number of sauces. A favorite that is served with linguini are clams in either a white wine sauce or a spicy red sauce. The next size up is fettuccini which is usually served with an Alfredo sauce (cream or bchamel) made with butter, heavy cream and parmesan. It is utterly delicious, easy and simple to make and loaded with calories. Not for those who have to watch their cholesterol intake!
One this is done then fry the meat in a dry pan stirring it constantly so it doesn't stick. Once it has become brown it is now quiet dry so you are going to want to add some moisture to it as well as flavor. You can take a package of dry onion soup mix and add two cups of water to this and stir well.
Then add this to the meat, and let it simmer on low. At this time add your salt and pepper and  snickerdoodles recipe any other seasonings that you like as well. Make a thin paste out of some flour and water and after you have brought the water and meat to a boil, add the thin flour paste to it so it will thicken. You will now have a great hamburger dish with onion gravy that tastes great.
Other dishes that can be created are hot vegetable sauces, such as spinach or artichoke dips. To the base, a cheese such as parmesan is added, along with chopped spinach and or artichokes. Salt and pepper are a given, but many people like to add a little kick to their sauce. To this easy cookie recipes  end, they'll add some Tabasco into the mixture. This can be served over fish, or some people like to lap it up with slices of French loaf bread, or with hearty and sturdy crackers.There are some recipes that use this base for their creations. One would be some honey mustard. The cook would simply add in honey and a rich brown mustard. Some might use simple yellow mustard, and then add in white wine. This is great for serving over fish, or ham. Then still, another recipe would be a Japanese wasabi. The wasabi is a green horseradish paste, but it's extremely hot and spicy, to the point of making your eyes and nose water. So, diluting it would make it creamy and easier to digest, and yet this recipe would still have that wasabi flavor and kick that people have grown to know and love.

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