Dreamy pasta
Pasta is only a dream right now, although tomorrow marks one month on this diet and the possibility to take one day off it. It could mean having a pasta. The problem is not the food but the fact that I had a clothing breakthrough Saturday and feel more like plowing ahead than eating anything. Well, okay, a lobster would convince me.
Anyway, I made this pasta the last time for my friends in Civitacastellana, and I invite them to do the review. I will tell you I love it. Really love it. It’s fast, easy, uses only four ingredients and tastes like munchers’ heaven to me.
Your only problem will be that you didn’t make my O foods battuta of olives. It’s not to late to make it. I used some yesterday to perk up two different dishes at two different meals! Another cheap and easy clue to my character. So, for this dish you must make that for a start, but believe me, you won’t be sorry.
Pasta con olive e carciofi Pasta with olives and artichokes
to serve 2
130 grams or 4 1/2 ounces of short pasta, such as penne
1 small bottle of marinated artichoke hearts (or 1/2 of the larger 285 g jars sold here)
4 tablespoons (or more) battuta di olive piquante
30 g 1 ounce pecorino stagionato (aged pecorino cheese) grated
Heat the water for the pasta and when it boils add salt and the pasta.
While the pasta cooks, make the sauce in a frying pan large enough to hold the pasta. Cut the artichoke hearts into slivers. Put marinade and the battuta of olives into the heated frying pan. It has olive oil in it, so it will sautè. In a minute or two, add the artichoke slivers, and as soon as the pasta is cooked, drain it and throw it into the frying pan. Toss it around to coat it, then add the cheese and toss some more. Serve immediately, smoking hot.
I like this pasta enough to try it on the Presto Pasta Night audience, this week on Friday at Once Upon a Feast. Join me there to see what the noodlers have cooked up this week!
Congrats on the dress size break through! And thanks for sharing this glorious AND easy – which is the perfect combo, if you ask me, with Presto Pasta Nights.
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Oh your pasta sound fabulous! My hubby’s on a diet too, which means no pasta for him too. I commend you all who diligently diet.
I can attest to its tastiness even using a commercial olive paste though Judith’s battuta was far better in terms of flavor and texture (toothier, let’s say). And fast too – what could be better than fast AND delicious?
Sounds delicious!
I left you my jar of battuta, Alison. Did you not see it?
I think everyone should try this at least once. Thanks for dropping by, ladies.
Tell your husband, Redkathy, that when he loses a size he can either take a day off or wear his tight jeans. If anybody dares complain, he should just stick his tongue out at them.
Congrats on the diet! Losing a whole dress size is hard work.
This pasta looks great! I hope you get to eat it again soon.
What a great pasta
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How did I celebrate yesterday? I put on the small jeans I couldn’t get on last week and went to wrestle with the Italian bureaucracy. Small victory, because these are the next to largest jeans and I have 3 to go to reach the slimmest ones of all.
No matter what anyone tells you, spaghetti squash is not just like spaghetti, nor is thinly slivered cabbage. But as I recall, thin does feel awfully good.
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That looks very good. I wish I had the ingredients for that. Maybe next blizzard….
Of course we found it but we used it looong ago. We had to use bought stuff being too lazy to drag out the Cuisinart and then clean it again to make more battuta.
The Cuisinart is the short cut for a knife. Use a knife, get some exercise.
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Let it be known that Alison is very fit and can exercise circles around yours truly.
Oh boy….that looks so good…..I know we are not supposed to eat pasta, yeah yeah yeah I know! But there is just no way for me to deny mself, I just can’t do it…..especially when I see pasta like that!
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