After watching Julie and Julia a few days ago, I felt inspired to try making a new recipe every week for the next year. I might make a new entree, I might make a side dish... it doesn't matter. I just want to try something new every week. And I figured I may as well post things here and liven up the board a little.
First up? Pasta bolognese. I wanted to make it after trying it at The Dancing Fig a few weeks ago.
Here's the recipe I used.
Ingredients:
Browning the veggie puree... This probably would have worked better with a stainless steel pan. It took longer to brown things than the recipe specified.
And this is after browning the hamburger and adding the tomato paste. It smelled ridiculously good at this point.
Added the red wine next. I've never tasted a red wine I actually like drinking, but it works in this recipe. This is the start of the long reducing process. Add water, let it boil down. Repeat
Several hours later, everything's finished reducing. It has a really nice, dark color. I'm nearly starving after spending over 4 hours making this. Time to add the pasta and parm.
And the finished product. Some sprinkles of parsley or basil probably would've made for a prettier presentation. Regardless, it was fairly delicious. The sauce was a little thicker than the one I had at the restaurant, and I think they used a few more herbs.
This post was edited on 7/7 9:12 PM by Mog
First up? Pasta bolognese. I wanted to make it after trying it at The Dancing Fig a few weeks ago.
Here's the recipe I used.
Ingredients:
Browning the veggie puree... This probably would have worked better with a stainless steel pan. It took longer to brown things than the recipe specified.
And this is after browning the hamburger and adding the tomato paste. It smelled ridiculously good at this point.
Added the red wine next. I've never tasted a red wine I actually like drinking, but it works in this recipe. This is the start of the long reducing process. Add water, let it boil down. Repeat
Several hours later, everything's finished reducing. It has a really nice, dark color. I'm nearly starving after spending over 4 hours making this. Time to add the pasta and parm.
And the finished product. Some sprinkles of parsley or basil probably would've made for a prettier presentation. Regardless, it was fairly delicious. The sauce was a little thicker than the one I had at the restaurant, and I think they used a few more herbs.
This post was edited on 7/7 9:12 PM by Mog