Kind of self explanatory, no? I made this for Rob recently to celebrate last Tuesday. Nothing happened that day, I just wanted to surprise him with a nice meal with wine (in wine glasses, not coffee cups thank you! That's right, I got out the fancy shit bitches!), and dessert.I love this dish, it's salty, fresh, meaty, smoky, and just all around fantastic. I admit that this dish is adapted from one from Everyday Italian, but eh, whatever. I saw this episode over a year ago and made it to the best of my recollection (which was very different apparently).
I don't think I even need to write out a formal recipe. Make some spaghetti. Give the asparagus a quicky hot water bath (like, a minute in boiling water) followed by an ice bath for some gorgeous green color. Cook the pancetta in a skillet, then add the spaghetti and asparagus for a quick bit of heat. Plate and shred/chop some smoked mozzarella on it. Bing-Bang-Boom. Done. Serve with white wine and candlelight and you are so in business.
Here is a link to the original recipe.
oooh! Now that's my kind of dinner!
ReplyDeletelovely idea.. and very easy to prepare... and your Bing-Bang-Boom lovely too :)
ReplyDeletePancetta makes everything betta...and I love that y'all celebrated purely for the joy of celebrating!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so good, gonna have to steal that idea for dinner one night.
ReplyDeleteMmmmm......pancetta. Maybe you could serve this atop some pavlova? I mean with it......uh, after it, yeah yeah. Nice meeting you yesterday G, I'll start dropping by more often.
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G--beautiful! So fresh and delicious looking! Loved the comment about the wine in real glasses, not coffee cups. Damn, you were living high that night! --G
ReplyDeleteyummy! i've made something similar to this before - i also saw the everyday italian episode. its really good during the summer when you don't want to turn on the oven. I think I tried it with broccolini once with equally delicious results.
ReplyDeleteI tried the recipe today, with smoked ham, because I'm a student and too poor for things like panchetta.
ReplyDeleteIt was absolutely delicious! I tossed the smoked mozzerella into the pasta and tossed it after I turned off the heat and before I plated it and it turned it all yummy and gooey and created a sort of creamy coating/sauce for the rest of the noodles too. Yum =9
I also used linguini, cuz I like it better. =P Thanks for the tip! My friends and I enjoyed a good dinner tonight.
this looks so good!!:-)
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious! Do you think it would also be good with smoked gouda instead? I ask because I have that in the fridge currently.
ReplyDeleteLE - Yeah, I think gouda could work. Go with what tastes right. :)
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