Aunt Lucys Pasta Recipes

LUCY'S PASTA

Steps:

• Brown garlic in olive oil.
• Add onions and gently saute until crunchy and brown.
• When onions are almost done, add parsley and saute until limp.
• Cook pasta in boiling water until al dente.
• While pasta is cooking, beat eggs, cheese, and basil together.
• Drain pasta and place in serving bowl.
• Fold egg mixture into hot pasta.
• Add onion mixture and mix well.
• Sprinkle with pepper and top with additional parsley, basil and Parmesan.

ZIA CAROLINA'S PASTA: AUNT CAROLINA'S PASTA

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in a pot of boiling salted water. Stir immediately to prevent the strands from sticking together.
• In a large saucepan, heat up the olive oil and fry the zucchini until golden brown . Place the fried zucchini on an absorbent paper towel to drain the excess oil. Add the salt to the zucchini while they are still hot and set aside the saucepan with the zucchini-flavored oil for later.
• Drain the pasta just before it is 'al dente' and add it to the saucepan with the zucchini-flavored oil. Add the fried zucchini, chopped capers and 3/4 of the chopped mint. Mix well so that the flavors are evenly distributed. Add more salt, if necessary. Transfer the spaghetti mixture to a large serving bowl, top with a few whole capers and sprinkle with the remaining mint. Serve immediately.

AUNT LUCY'S PASTA

Steps:

• Healt olive oil in large pan and saute onion and garlic until onion is translucent. While sauting the onion season with salt, pepper, and add red pepper flakes. Add tomatoes to pan and simmer, breaking up tomatoes as they cook. Drain peas and add to pan. Heat through. Add cooked ditalini and stir. Serve with grated cheese and Italian Bread. Quick, easy, and ingrediants are usually always on hand.

AUNT LUCY'S CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees. Spray baking pan or coat skillet with drop or two of vegetable oil.
• Mix all ingredients (including optionals, if being used) together until well blended. (The 2 Tbsp of oil goes in the mixture, not just for the pan -- found this out AFTER my first batch!) May need to adjust amount of buttermilk to get the correct consistency. An additional 1/4 cup to get a more pliable mixture to pour into the skillet should work.
• Bake until golden brown on top and/or tests done.