Truly Madly Pasta : The Ultimate Book for Pasta Lovers - Softcover

Ursula Ferrigno

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844000826 ISBN 13: 9781844000821

Publisher: Quadrille Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Elegant or simple, humble or classic, the infinite variety of pasta has established it as a contemporary staple and the original "5-minute meal". The first chapter of the book gives instructions for making your own fresh pasta, including specialist needs such as wheat-free pastas. The following chapters feature recipes for every occasion such as instant, light and healthy and pasta to impress. The recipes range from the simple and traditional fettucini all'Alfredo (with butter, cream and cheese) and classics with a twist like spaghetti al pesto do rucola (with rocket pesto) to the truly unusual such as gorgonelli ai tre sapori (with salmon, mascarpone and lemon) and linguine con vongole veraci e cime do rapa (with clams and turnip tops).

About this title

About the Author

Ursula Ferrigno is a professional chef and food consultant with seventeen years of experience in food and cooking, including food retailing, cooking in restaurants, contract catering, and working as a freelance consultant. Her innumerable books include Risotto, Real Fast Vegetarian Food, Gusto Italiano, Bringing Italy Home, Truly Italian, and Ursula's Italian Cakes and Desserts.

From Publishers Weekly

Frequently leaving her London digs to teach cooking in her native Italy, Ferrigno (Risotto) assembles more than 150 recipes in this oddly titled book based on the ingredient she extols as "a complex-carbohydrate food" that "isn't high in calories at all," although she concedes that sauces often are. Not exactly "ultimate," this is more suitable to cooks new to the joys of pasta, because it is heavily weighted toward such mainstays as Pasta with Garlic and Oil, Farfalle with Gorgonzola Cream, and Spaghetti with Mushrooms. Recipes are arranged in six sections-"Soups," "Instant," "Everyday," "Light and Healthy," "Cook Ahead" and "Pasta to Impress"-and nearly all are within easy reach of cooks at any level. Among the most appealing are Conchiglie with Roasted Vegetables, Roasted Bell Pepper Pesto with Penne Rigate and Lasagne with Meatballs. The pastas to impress include Cheese Cappellacci with Bolognese Sauce (egg- and cheese-stuffed morsels shaped like bishops' miters) and Spinach, Ricotta and Tomato Pasta Roll, which is a long stuffed roll, wrapped in cheesecloth and boiled for 30 minutes, then sliced and broiled for five more. As expected from Rizzoli, the 175 color photos are sumptuous, including an 18-photo sequence demonstrating the steps for making pasta by hand.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Quadrille Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1844000826
• ISBN 13: 9781844000821
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160