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posted by [personal profile] noveldevice at 10:04pm on 23/04/2009 under , , , ,
radiatore pasta (boil in salted water as usual etc)

bechamel until it is enough
about a cup of shredded cheddar
a good lump of bleu cheese, crumbled
salt and pepper

Stir the two together in an oven safe bowl with a cover, top with breadcrumbs and dabs of butter like a crumble, cover, bake at 350 for 20 minutes, then uncover and bake for as long as it takes to wash the dishes by hand. Remove from oven and nom.

For next time: more kinds of cheese, a little dab of mustard, possibly some cayenne pepper, and hopefully washing the dishes in the dishwasher (our dishwasher is supposed to be fixed early next week!).
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posted by [personal profile] noveldevice at 09:22pm on 16/03/2009 under , , , ,
For dinner tonight I felt like comfort food, so I made penne in sauce Mornay.

Set a pan large enough for the penne and full of salted water on to boil. Chop two large button mushrooms, grate 50 or 75 grams of gouda, and slice up three or so sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil. When the water first starts to bubble, throw a lump of butter (2 tablespoons, maybe?) into a saucepan and melt it. When the water is boiling, add the penne. Return to the butter for the nonce. When it is melted but not bubbling, sprinkle in a generously heaped serving spoon of white flour and whisk it briskly in. Add some milk (goat in this case) and whisk until your arm falls off or it becomes a bechamel, whichever happens first. Add more milk until you have the volume and/or consistency desired (about a cup should be plenty). Add the grated cheese and continue whisking. Taste and season with salt, pepper, dijon mustard, etc--whatever you like. At this point the pasta should be done. Drain it, don't rinse, and fold it hot into the Mornay, then adding the sliced mushrooms and the sun-dried tomatoes. Remove from heat and let stand for a few minutes so that the mushrooms soften and the pasta is cool enough to eat.

Gobble down, wish it were not so filling so you could eat even more of it.

A double handful of dried pasta is enough for two meals for me.
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