I adore homemade pasta. There is something wonderful about the texture, with just a bit of toothsome quality that I love. Other handmade pastas like gnocchi and cavatelli throw me right over the moon. Sometimes, if I’ve very very fortunate, I’ll stumble upon a restaurant that serves something called 5 or 8 finger cavatelli. Regular cavatelli are small discs or short strips of pasta with opposite edges rolled towards each other to form a hollow shape. I’ve heard them described as looking like tiny hot dog buns and that little folded cavity captures sauces so nicely. 5 or 8 finger cavatelli is the same dough rolled into long strips, 5 or 8 finger lengths long, with the same distinctive edges folded in. They are one of my favorite pastas and one you don’t see very often. I decided to make some.
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roll your own … Hand Rolled Pici
Posted in main courses, tagged 5 finger cavatelli, 8 finger cavatelli, hand rolled spaghetti, handmade pasta, homemade pasta, pici, pinci on March 24, 2017| 1 Comment »
end of the season sauce … Ricotta Gnudi with Cherry Tomato Pesto Sauce
Posted in main courses, seasonal, tagged handmade dumplings, handmade pasta, italian dumplings, ricotta dumplings, ricotta gnudi with cherry tomato pesto sauce, sautéed cherry tomato sauce on October 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The season is winding down for my little community garden plot, yet it still continues to surprise me. I still get a nice handful of tomatoes every week and the basil, giant and bushy all summer, is still showing a little life. The massive kale, surprisingly productive peppers and chilies and other hearty herbs will go strong for a few more weeks at least. To my delight, the beans I quickly planted in late August are doing quite well with a few nice bunches of green, yellow and purple beans just in time for the close of the garden. Typical. Over the weekend I looked at the bowl of tomatoes I’ve been collecting, bright orange cherries and slightly larger golf ball size red ones, and thought pasta. I probably let them sit a little too long so this had to happen fast. It was time for an end of the season sauce.