He purchased fresh-cut homemade pasta from Borgatti's pasta shop in the Little Italy area of the Bronx. It was doughy, thick and delicious enough to eat raw.
(I just realized while Googling "fresh cut handmade pasta" that it most likely was made with egg. Oops...does anyone know if that's usually the case?)
To top our pasta, we had a classic marinara sauce spiced up with lots of red peppers and fresh basil. I'm glad I'm dating a fellow spicy-food fan!
The noodles plumped up to twice their size and were full of flavor- beats boxed pasta any day! I loved that you could find some crimped edges within the pile of carbs. Between the two of us, we polished off all but one serving from the 1lb portion.
For dessert, we split some dark chocolate.
And then I went to town on a massive bag of pistachios while watching House.
By went to town, I mean that I probably ate 3-4 servings' worth. Pistachios are one of my favorite nuts :)
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For breakfast this morning, I wasn't feeling the usual cereal, so I whipped up a bowl of oat bran with a new ingredient:
Special Dark cocoa powder? Yes, please! I added a tablespoonful to 1/2 c oat bran, 1 c almond milk, a sliced banana and a spoonful of almond butter.
I'm never going back to regular cocoa powder again. The richness of this stuff was unbelievable- instead of tasting cocoa-ey, it tasted completely chocolatey and decadent. Total dessert for breakfast.
Lots to do today- time to get cracking. Hope you have a wonderful Sunday!
Have you ever had homemade pasta? Better yet, have you ever made it yourself?
