5, 15-oz. cans tomato sauce (I use Muir Glen, no salt added, Organic Tomato Sauce) 1, 6-oz. can tomato paste 2 whole medium onions 4 cloves of garlic 1 c. red wine 1/4 c. sugar fresh basil, salt, pepper to taste Empty the cans into your pot, making sure there’s plenty of room to add [...]
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Ravioli
4 eggs 4 – 6 cups of flour 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp salt 1 recipe, Ravioli Filling Place the flour on a board or in a very large bowl. Create a well (or hole) in the center of the flour mound. Break the eggs into the center. Add the oil and salt to [...]
Grandmom’s Ravioli Filling
2 cartons (15-16 oz.) ricotta cheese 1/2 c. grated romano cheese 2 egg yolks (1 per lb. of ricotta) 4 tbsp. sugar (2 tbsp. per lb of ricotta) 3 – 4 tbsp. chopped flat leaf parsley 1/4 – 1/2 tsp cinnamon Mix all ingredients thoroughly by hand. Can be used as a ravioli filling or, [...]
Last Harvest
Harvest: Sweet Potatoes — success! Noticed something munching on the sweet potatoes so I thought it was best to salvage my first “crop” and up they came, so vibrantly colored. I have “hardened” them off in the garage and now am storing them in a cool place. Served them with a pork tenderloin with a [...]
The Triscuits of My Childhood
— like the scene from the movie, Frankie and Johnny.
Al Pacino’s Johnny says to Michelle Pfeiffer’s Frankie,
“Tino tells me you like tuna. I’ll make a tuna casserole. – No! Not casserole. Tuna fish sandwich. I am defined by my tuna sandwich. I take the tuna out of the can and I work it between my fingers till it’s real soft.”