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Gnocchi with mushroom cream sauce

Made this scratch recipe off the cuff for Valentine’s Day. It came out incredible.
Next time I might try dry-pan roasting some of the mushrooms while retaining the sous vide cooking liquid.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound gnocchi
  • 3 Tbsp. Butter
  • 3 Tbsp. Flour
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 Tbsp. Extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp coconut oil
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp white pepper
  • 1 Tbsp. Local honey
  • 1 mushroom bouillon cube http://amzn.to/2HjsfEO
  • 1.5 cups Pinot Grigio
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan

Instructions:

  1. Add salt, coconut oil, and olive oil to a pan on medium heat
  2. Press 4 cloves garlic into pan
  3. Sauté 1 min then remove pan from heat
  4. Start to heat 3 quarts water with 2 tsp salt
  5. Combine butter and flour over medium low heat to form a roux
  6. Add honey
  7. Add garlic mixture from pan
  8. Stir in wine until blended
    Tip: Any sweet wine should work, use a white or a cooking wine.
  9. Stir in milk until blended
  10. Add grated cheese
  11. Add white pepper
  12. Add bouillon cube
    Tip These can be hard to find in many store locations, order from the link above!
  13. Stir until dissolved
  14. Pot of water should be at rolling boil
  15. Add contents of mushroom pouch to sauce
  16. Stir until blended
  17. Add gnocchi to water
  18. Cook approximately 3 min until most of  gnocchi are floating
  19. Drain
  20. Stir into sauce
  21. Serve and enjoy!

Implements:

  • Anova
  • Silicone whisk
  • Santuko knife
  • Small strainer

 

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Reheat leftover broccoli and pasta


Breath life back into your broccoli and pasta with this reheating method.

Ingredients:
• Leftover Broccoli Pasta
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil http://amzn.to/2Cn2T6F
• Grated Cheese
• Roasted Sunflower Kernels http://amzn.to/2GzdCfZ Tip: We like Planters the best.

Instructions:
1. Heat oven to 375 F
2. Put leftovers in microwave and oven safe dish
3. Cover
4. Microwave 45 seconds
5. Stir
6. Add extra virgin olive oil
7. Cover with aluminum foil
8. Bake 8 minutes
9. Remove foil
10. Stir well
11. Bake 5 minutes uncovered
12. Add sunflower kernels
13. Add grated cheese
14. Enjoy

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Reheating Penne Typical


Penne Typical is a delicious local dish from Typical Sicilian Ristorante.

When you bring it home and reheat the leftovers, it’s just not the same.

Fortunately, it is easy to bring it closer to the original flavor by adding a little bit of Teriyaki sauce.

Two things to consider:

  • The sauce is going to separate, which is normal.
  • The pasta is going to be soft, which is normal.

Ingredients:

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
    Tip: Convection preferred!
  2. Put leftover Penne Typical into an oven safe dish
    Tip 1: Microwave for 30-45 seconds or microwave just the dish for 60-90 seconds
  3. Cover with aluminum foil
  4. Bake 12 minutes
  5. Remove foil
  6. Bake additional 3-5 minutes
  7. Remove from oven
  8. Add 1 tsp of teriyaki sauce per serving and stir well
    Tip: The key is to add the teriyaki after cooking, it will have a stronger impact on the taste.
  9. Top with grated cheese
  10. Enjoy!

 

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Gorgonzola Pasta


Ingredients:

Pro tip: Chicken is completely optional! You can also use grilled chicken.

Preheat oven to 325 F (convection preferred).

Coat bottom of baking dish with olive oil, garlic salt, and pepper.

Add two chicken breasts.

Coat chicken with garlic salt and pepper.

Cover tightly with aluminum foil.

Cook 40 minutes until chicken is >165 F.

While the chicken is cooking:

Heat pot of water for pasta with at least 2 Tbs salt.

Put saucepan on medium heat.

Add 2 Tbs olive oil.

Add minced garlic.

When the garlic begins to sizzle cook 2 min stirring frequently.

Add 1 cup white wine.

Pro tip: Any white wine will do, typically I use a lighter white like Pinot Grigio

Boil wine 5 minutes.

Add 1/2 stick salted butter.

Add 1 pint heavy cream.

Pro tip: You can use heavy cream, half and half, or even milk. Heavy is the best but nearly any milk or cream will work.

When butter is melted add 1/2 cup grated parmesan/asiago cheese.

Pro tip: You can use a blend, straight asiago, or straight parmesan. If you use a blend with Romano it may affect the salt flavor of the sauce.

Add 1/4 tsp White Pepper
Pro tip: Add 1/4 tsp of Nutmeg (optional)
Continue cooking on medium low, keeping it so the sauce is just bubbling and not a rapid boil.

Stir frequently.

Start pasta so that it will finish 5 minutes after chicken is done.

When chicken is done, dice and set aside.

With 2 minutes remaining on pasta add 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes.

Stir to coat.

Drain pasta, do not rinse.

Pour into room temperature pasta bowl.

Pro tip: Microwave bowl for 1.5 min to warm it up if necessary.

Add chicken.

Add gorgonzola sauce.

Let sit 5 minutes before serving.

Serve with a crusty bread and grated parmesan.

Pro tip: For sweeter sauce or to offset high salt caused by type of cheese you can add honey 1 Tbs at a time until it suits your taste.

Implements Used: