With more fresh produce coming to market, I’ve backed into new (to me) ways of putting ingredients together. I think I’ve learned something about composing dishes.
Stumbling into composition with tomatoes
Tag: tomato
Leftover tomato sauce
When I’m organized I cook tomato sauce ahead of time. It’s insurance against too-busy-to-cook nights. It’s amenable to small portions and saucing pasta practice. The general principle is disaggregating cooking. The more cooking I’ve put in the fridge, the easier…
How to sauce pasta
This is a follow-up to my earlier post on pasta sauces. Pasta sauced correctly is a beautiful thing. Learning the proper technique makes a world of difference. Here’s an instructional video from CHOW.com: Here’s another clip from a Food Network…
A short course in pasta sauces: Tomatoes and aromatics
It’s easy to coast. I cooked one pasta sauce for seven years. That sauce still makes people happy. But I’ve finally gotten enough cooking under my belt that expanding my pasta sauce range makes sense.