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December 18, 2006
SpagBol
I listened to Jamie Oliver's Podcasts yesterday and notably found an original Italian recipe for SpagBol (Spaghetti Bolognese) by Jamie's friend Gennaro Contaldo. I haven't tried it yet, but my own recipe goes a lot differently - I like it with Carrots and a lot of chopped tomatoes. But here it goes, transcribed by me from the Podcast:
Ingredients:
- extra virgin Olive Oil
- finely sliced Onions
- Celery
- Half Pork & Beef minced Meat
- 1 Glass of Red Wine
- Couple of Spoons Tomato Puree, concentrated
- 1/2-1 l of Stock
- Bunch Rosemary
When the meat is browned add a glass of vine and let evaporate for a bit. Then add Tomato Puree, and fill up with Stock.
Add whole Rosemary and season (with Salt and Pepper).
Slowly simmer over very little heat for about an hour. Take out the Rosemary and serve (with Spaghetti cooked al dente and sprinkle with freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano).
Listen to the Podcast yourself and see if I forgot anything - the annotations in the (round brackets) are my assumptions. Also check Wikipedia on Bolognese Sauce.
Posted by marco at 2:00 PM | Comments (1)
December 15, 2006
Power-Less
Seattle had one of the worst wind storms ever last night. Our power went out a little after midnight. Luckily we have a gas fireplace that works and we can even use the gas stove, but not the gas oven. The oven would have been really helpful to cook all that stuff that's now starting to thaw in our freezer.
We have no idea, when power will be back - the Seattle City Lights Homepage is not really specific about that. You can read about the storm at the local News Station Komo-TV Seattle.
Update: Power was restored Friday night and Cable cam back Saturday night. But many people around Seattle will still be without power for days :(
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