Sunday, August 21, 2005
As promised:
1 tin of sardines, packed in water, crumbled
2 oz capers
4 cloves minced garlic
chopped parsley
white truffle olive oil
salt & pepper to taste
3 servings of pasta (I used spaghetti)
Quick, and tasty, despite my ham-handed kitchen technique. I think I’d have preferred a wetter sauce, both to suspend the capers (which tended to fall to the bottom of the dish & are essential to the flavor, I think) and to help with the texture, which was a bit dry. So next time, a little more oil (though probably not all truffle), and maybe some grated parmesan or romano. Also, tinned sardines crumble really easily — originally I sauteed the garlic, sardines, parsley and capers at the beginning but I think I’d reserve half the sardines in larger pieces to garnish the pasta once served, to get a more solid fish texture into the dish.
So it wasn’t perfect, but! Everyone posts perfect recipes — I thought I’d post a work in progress. After all, it was yummy, and therapeutic! the best kind of dinner. :)
(also, thanks for all your kind comments, as always — love to you all.)
Comments
Sounds interesting! Keep us informed of how your next attempt turns out. If you keep posting interesting cooking stories, it might intrigue me to start cooking myself. :)
Hee, I’ll try. :)
That said, I’m glad this is no longer the first entry on the page. The noodles were staring at me balefully.
I didn’t have the patience to try this but I did make tuna sandwiches! :)
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