Place the
cup of pasta water in the blender with the squash and the 1/4 c. heavy cream, and puree until very smooth.
You can use whatever hummus you like or have at home, then just adjust the consistency with a little
bit of pasta water for a creamy sauce.
If the mixture is a little dry, add desired amount
of pasta water until it's the consistency you'd like.
All you have to do is cook up some noodles, roast some veggies, and then toss everything with hummus and a
touch of the pasta water.
Toss half of the pesto with the cooked pasta and a little
bit of pasta water (add chickpeas, if using regular pasta).
The moment the pasta is done lift it
out of the pasta water with tongs or a pasta fork directly into the skillet.
some people like the sauce thin, others like it very dense... which basically means less or more sauce that goes in the pasta... The Genovese tradition is to use a small
ladle of the pasta water - the one you boiled the pasta in - and use it to dilute the sauce when you mix it in the pasta.
Pour a few cups
of the pasta water into a smaller pot set over medium - low heat (you'll use this to poach the eggs), then drain the pasta and asparagus in a colander and rinse in cold water.
And as I do in all my pastas, once the pasta is done cooking I reserve a cup or
so of the pasta water, just in case I need a little bit to loosen the sauce up.
Be sure and use
most of the pasta water to thin the sauce - it will thicken upon sitting for a minute and you need the water so it won't thicken and be gluey.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to instructions on the package (reserve a little bit
of pasta water when draining) and start making cheesy nut dust and pesto.
Seeing recipes using pasta water to moisten vegetables in stir - fries more frequently lately (and I'm sure Italian cooks have done it forever), but never thought of using the starch
component of pasta water in a dressing.
In his cookbook flour + water: pasta (Ten Speed, $ 35), McNaughton recommends adding a handful of semolina flour to four
quarts of pasta water as it boils.
I also used a
combo of pasta water and chicken broth, and subbed a hefty sprinkle of white pepper for the black pepper.
The OG pasta dish cacio e pepe combines noodles with a no - fuss
sauce of pasta water, cheese and loads of freshly ground black pepper.
Summary of Timing: Preheat oven, start draining process with tofu, meanwhile roast cauliflower, meanwhile put
pot of pasta water on medium low (so that getting it to the boiling point later won't take as long), start on sauce by sauteeing garlic in oil, after «ricotta» mixture is finished, turn pasta water up to high and start cooking noodles.
While the pasta is al dente, scoop a coffee
mug of pasta water into the pan with oil and garlic and turn the heat to medium.
I boil 1 lb pasta (casarecce is my favorite) while making the filling, then add the hot filling + 4oz goat cheese to the pasta, plus
lots of pasta water for sauc - i - fi - cation.
Add a few
tablespoons of pasta water into the sauce, turn the heat on under the sauce again and drain the tagliatelle, then toss them in the sauce.
here's the thing: i salted the living daylights
out of the pasta water (admittedly, this was accidental), so the pasta itself had a delicious saltiness, and the reserved pasta water seasoned the creamy (yes, creamy!)
Scoop 1/2
cup of pasta water out of the boiling pasta pot and carefully pour into the hot skillet.
If mixture appears dry, add some more pasta water (I will usually add another ladle or
so of pasta water; increase the heat and mix the whole thing together for a few minutes until the water is almost evaporated).
Here Geoffrey tosses the roasted shrimp, fresh pasta and garlic - scented artichokes with a
splash of the pasta water and butter to create a hassle - free sauce.
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