29 Mar 2007
The Purple
So I’ve been watching Andromeda and Trance is hot. Adorably cute. And purple. So I have purple being equated to good in my brain. Couple this with shopping with Gimpy, who is a horrible influence when it comes to doing strange things.
Anyways, I found a purple cauliflower during this trip and that demanded action. I decided to make pasta with purple sauce because I like pasta and it seemed the easiest way to leach the purple out of the cauliflower and spread it about. I wanted to try for a mellow light sauce and spicy noodles. Last time I went for that it just didn’t end well and Erik nearly died from the aura of pepper oil that filled the apartment.
Ingredients:
Purple Cauliflower – 1 head
Chicken – 1 package
Rotini – half a pot (2 cups maybe)
Whipping Cream – Half little carton (1 cup)
Sour Cream – three large glops (half a cupish)
Parmesan Cheese – end of package (2 tablespoons?)
Mozzarella Cheese – small chunk (10 cm^3)
Pepper – light dusting
Franks Red Hot – 8 shots
Oregano – three pinches
Nutmeg – light dusting
Noodles:
1) Bring water to a boil
2) Add a dash of salt (I added too much salt)
3) Add three dashes of Red Hot
4) Cook the damn noodles until they’re done
5) Strain water off
6) Throw into a pan with a little bit of oil on medium heat
7) Dust noodles with pepper and 5 more shots of Red Hot
8) Stir noodles to mix the heat and avoid burning
Sauce:
1) Chunk chicken and boil until no longer ebola ridden
2) Drain water
3) Add whipping and sour cream and bring to boil
4) Chop the heads off the cauliflower and dice well, add to pot
5) When almost done, add the cheese and mix in the meltage
Combination:
1) Dump the sauce into the noodles
2) Mix it up
3) Eat
This turned out rather well. The sauce came out a nice light purple which was the entire goal. Kate said it was lavender, but I still think it’s light purple. The noodles were slightly salty but that faded away when the sauce was added. The overall flavor was very light but rich with a warm aftertaste. Biggest problem was, as always with me, I made too much. Visually I was happy but it would have looked amazing if the serving was set on a bed of romaine.
