22 Monday Feb 2021
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crushed tomatoes, dried basil, dried oregano, dried parsley, eggplant, fresh basil, garlic, onion, pasta, pecorino romano cheese
Pasta alla Norma is an Italian pasta and eggplant dish with roots in the ancient port city of Catania, Sicily. My husband’s ancestors also have roots in Catania and it’s where we visited on a dream vacation a few years back.
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17 Sunday Jan 2021
Posted in international, love to cook, pasta, sauces
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bucatini, fresh basil, garlic, guanciale, onion, pecorino romano cheese, red pepper flakes, San Marzano tomatoes
Every so often I’m slapped with a dose of reality in the kitchen. For as much cooking as I/we do there remains an incredible gap in my culinary knowledge. I’m drawn to classic recipes and the history that surrounds them. Bucatini all’Amatriciana is one of those recipes.
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