Pasta Fresca
- List Price: $12.00
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company
- Publish date: 01/01/2003
Description:
Bestselling authors Viana La Place and Evan Kleiman are known for the simplicity of their cooking and the fresh, satisfying flavors it contains -- and the wonderful dishes to be found in Pasta Fresca are no exception. Filled with delightful pasta recipes for all occasions and months of the year, Pasta Fresca embodies the bright, bold flavors and straightforward techniques that characterize so much of Italian cooking. Spaghetti is served with a summery sauce of bell peppers, basil, and Gorgonzola. A hearty winter soup features dried porcini mushrooms, beef broth, fresh mushrooms, and capellini. These dishes, easy and quick to prepare, have an uncomplicated elegance that makes them perfect to serve at just about any meal.
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To make preparation even simpler, the book includes a guide to pasta shapes and a section on stocking the pantry. Chapters are organized by different types of preparation -- vegetable-based sauces, seafood, raw sauces, and baked pastas, to name a few -- making it a snap to find the particular meal you crave. There's even a section on how to make your own gnocchi. No matter what your level of culinary ability, Pasta Fresca is a cookbook you'll love coming back to again and again.
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