Brentwood Pasta Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S BLT PASTA

Steps:

• Pour olive oil into a heavy skillet over medium heat, add bacon, and cook until almost crisp, 5 to 8 minutes. Turn off heat. Hold a paper towel with tongs and mop up excess bacon grease with the paper towel, leave about 2 teaspoons bacon grease in the skillet.
• Stir minced garlic and lemon zest into bacon in the skillet and let cook in residual heat until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir creme fraiche into bacon mixture.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and stir in 2 cups of ditalini. Cook till tender, about 8 minutes. Drain and add pasta to the skillet. Stir pasta thoroughly into bacon and creme fraiche mixture.
• Return skillet to medium heat. Add tomatoes; cook and stir until slightly softened, about 1 minute. Mix in arugula, stirring until wilted, about 30 seconds, and turn off heat.
• Season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Stir again and garnish with Parmesan cheese.

PASTITSIO IV

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet and cook garlic, onions and beef until meat is browned; drain fat. Add tomatoes, pepper and oregano. Stir and cook about 5 minutes. Sprinkle in 1/2 of the Parmesan cheese.
• Lightly coat a casserole or baking dish with olive oil and spread 1/2 the cooked pasta in it. Add the meat sauce and cover with the remaining pasta.
• Melt butter in a saucepan and blend in flour. Slowly add milk, stirring almost to boiling. In a bowl, blend remaining parmesan cheese and egg yolk and slowly add to the milk sauce, stirring constantly.
• Pour sauce over macaroni and bake for 30 minutes. Top should be golden and a little crispy.

BRENTWOOD PASTA

Steps:

• Sauce:.
• Heat oil in a sauce pan.
• Add onion, garlic and jalapeno and saute over medium heat until lightly brown.
• Add the chili powder. cumin and tomato paste cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
• Add mustard, garlic puree, chipotle puree, cream and stock and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add Parmesan cheese and thoroughly incorporate into the sauce.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Strain sauce through a strainer and store in container until use later.
• Pasta:.
• Pasta should be cooked and drained.
• Heat oil in a skillet and add the garlic, shrimp and sausage.
• Saute for 2 minutes on high heat.
• Add cream sauce and peppers, simmer on medium heat for 4 minutes reducing the sauce by half.
• Add pasta and basil and toss all ingredients thoroughly.
• Place finished pasta in a bowl and garnish with tomatoes and freshly shredded Parmesan cheese.