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DINE IN THIS VALENTINES
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Time to prepare the meal that will have your lady swooning. We may have understated the simplicity in the opening but trust us. The time you put into this sauce will be worth it at the end of the meal. You may serve over any pasta, we prefer penne, but any pasta will do. We don’t recommend angel hair, though.
Whipping together a gourmet meal for your Valentine is painless as having the first overall pick in your fantasy football league. Follow this sure-fire, can’t miss menu and you’ll be making whoopee as soon as she finishes her last bite of the whoopie pie. Your Valentine’s 2019 Menu is: • Caesar Salad • Penne Pasta in Steve’s Vodka Sauce (Courtesy of Kandy’s very own Steve Scala) • Whoopie Pies • Bottle of Sangiovese As your lady sits down to the romantic, candlelit meal you have completely prepared (as far as she knows) for the two of you, start the evening off by displaying the bottle of wine you chose. Sangiovese is typically best served between four to seven years of age which means you are seeking wines bottled between 2012 and 2015. We suggest finding one grown in southern Italy, where the wines are lighter with accents consist of strawberries and roses with medium tannins. Don’t be afraid to request help if this is your first time purchasing an Italian wine. Caesar Salad You could expend the effort of purchasing all the ingredients required to make a Caesar – Romaine lettuce, Romano cheese, croutons, and Caesar dressing. Or, you could instinctively find a local market which carries Wolfgang Puck’s Caesar. A third option is to pick up a Caesar on the way home from your favorite local restaurant. If you decide to forgo building the Caesar yourself, we suggest concealing the third-party evidence.
Main Course Ingredients • 1 pound of Pancetta • Shallots • 3 cloves of Garlic • Fresh Basil • Parmesan • Crushed Red Pepper • Salt & Pepper • Sugar • 40 oz. Peeled Tomatoes (1 ½ 26 oz. cans) • Tomato Paste • 1/3 cup Vodka • ½ cup Heavy Cream • ¼ cup Olive Oil Preparation: Crush garlic, chop shallots, and cube pancetta. Brown in low heat in olive oil and add crushed red pepper. Deglaze with vodka and add 1 tablespoon tomato paste and stir. Hand mash tomatoes in a bowl and add to pan. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add a dash of sugar and bring to boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes. Add cream and stir. Turn off heat. Toss Pasta in a large bowl with a couple of ladles of sauce and torn or shredded fresh basil. Plate and finish off with freshly grated parmesan over the top. For dessert, homemade whoopie pies. Who are we kidding? There is no time to make these. We suggest picking up three whoopees from your local bakery, one for each of you and a third to tangle. To include a personal touch to the desert, pick up a dark chocolate bar and melt it in a saucepan after the main course. Then, drizzle the chocolate over the pies as you serve. Who knows, maybe the melted chocolate sauce will come in a handy a little bit later.
Copyright Kandy Magazine | February 2019 - Issuu Edition
