Quote (JoKa @ Jul 8 2011 05:56pm)

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Quote (hedonism @ Jul 8 2011 06:44pm)

So, all week I've been trying to toy around with food and ideas trying to come up with a menu.  My goal is to open my own restaurant, and I'm not too far off in terms of the capital.

Quote (hedonism @ Jul 8 2011 06:44pm)

So, all week I've been trying to toy around with food and ideas trying to come up with a menu. My goal is to open my own restaurant, and I'm not too far off in terms of the capital.

Quote (hofx2 @ Jul 9 2011 11:18pm)

Simple late night snack : Linguine with rapinis and bacon.

Blanched the rapinis real quick in salted boiling water, then ive transfered them into cold water to stop the cooking process..
Used the water to cook linguinis, al dente ofc...
Cooked down some bacon cube (not the cheap sliced bacon type..), added garlic, chopped rapinis and red crushed paper at the end, cook it for another minute.
Put the pasta with some of the cooking water , mix together, finished it with fresh parmesan and a bit of olive oil.

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Quote (hedonism @ Jul 10 2011 05:45am)

I will have to share my broccoli rabe recipe too, it's pretty similar. It looks like mine has a little more pasta to broccoli rabe ratio, though.

I put it in the steamer and reduce down, I've never blanched it before, does it still hold it's bitterness? When I cook mine I like to get rid of the bitterness, and a big part of that is removing the stems (so if you're a little inexperienced and don't know the vegetable well I would recommend removing the stems for a less powerful flavor.