I’m writing this on the fly – I’m not even editing. (Instead of my usual five-minute spell-check and addition of countless pointless personal details.) I know I haven’t posted in awhile, but I’ve been busy. Sorry. Today I attempted to make my own one-pot pasta recipe, and it didn’t go great. I even took a lot of pretty pictures!
But it’s a fail. The dish is nice, but not what I wanted. I had a gorgeous gelatinous chicken stock I made yesterday that took three trips through my pressure cooker.
Yeah, I know that’s kind of gross – chicken jello! – but it’s magnificent.
I mandolined zucchini, cooked the pasta perfectly, and even the garlic didn’t overwhelm or turn bitter, but the fact is this dish is soupy and weird and perfectly average. It does not taste bad. That’s something.
The objective was a one-pot pasta with fettuccine, chicken, zucchini, tomatoes, a lot of heat, and a broth thickened with grated parmigiano-reggiano. The good stuff. The expensive stuff.
I’m really sorry guys. This isn’t much of a post, but I’ve been in a cooking rut, a work rut, and had out of town company, and a million other excuses. I made a pretty, bland dish that isn’t really anything like what I wanted. BUT I have a block of Raclette in the fridge, so I promise to do something more interesting next time.
illdothedisheslater 