There are certain things in life that once you've experienced the real deal, there's no going back. For example: coffee, chocolate or toilet paper! Someone hands you a quality product and you are spoiled for life.
Pasta, falls into this category. If you are using store bought dried pasta you should give fresh a try - you are in for a treat!
A few years ago, the whole family took a trip to Italy. Mama Mia, these people know their pasta. Upon recommendation from a friend of ours (Dan), we hiked up, and up, and UP on the island of Capri to find a restaurant carved into a cave. It was here I had one of the most memorable meals of my life.
A beautifully balanced meal of fresh seafood, pasta, just the right amount of sauce and cheese.
These pillows of ravioli were a delight too.
The setting certainly helped! Up high overlooking the sea, enjoying the balmy Italian climate
And just below us, the boats looking like tiny water bugs scooting on the surface and this amazing arc formation of rock.
I was hooked.
Once, when my son was home from University, he showed me his pasta making skills from scratch.
The dough is ridiculously simple - water, flour, egg, bit of salt; that's about it. But we did not have a pasta machine so we cut the dough by hand using a sharp knife.
Thought these looked pretty good! So we dropped them into the boiling salted water.
They came out big and fat, like udon noodles and made for a pretty hearty meal!
Last night, we had company for dinner and I guinea pigged them on a new Pasta dish: salmon pasta with lemon.
Garlic, butter, fresh herbs with lots of lemon and of course, fresh pasta! This would be a great meal on a summer day but it tasted pretty darn good in the middle of March.
Sometimes the finer things in life are absolutely worth the time, money and wait.
Recipe for Baked Lemon Butter Salmon Pasta: Spend with Pennies Baked Lemon Butter Salmon Pasta - Spend With Pennies
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