Alright, I went off on some food last night. It was awesome. For about an hour I was the culinary champion of my kitchen.
The feastmaster, if you will.
Armed with a recipe I found online and an indomitable will to perfect it at all costs, I summoned all the culinary courage I could muster and battled my way to an epic feast of Pasta with Alfredo Sauce.
Oh, small a task as it might seem to the untrained warrior, it was no little feat. Here’s how it went down…
In my leather pouch of ingredients, I found myself with:
1 stick of butter (unsalted)
1 cup of shredded parmesan and romano cheese (both in one pack)
Some milk, alas, I know not the quantity, but it was probably somewhere around a cup
1 heaping tablespoon of cream cheese
A dash of garlic powder
A dash of oregano
A dash of salt
A dash of black pepper
A dash of italian seasoning (which was probably redundant, but it was fun dashing)
Pasta (’twas a wide egg noodle variety)
Broccoli
Olive Oil
1) Prepare noodles normally (I used half a large bag)
2) Over low heat melt butter. Add cheese, milk, cream cheese, stirring occasionally You can add a little more milk depending on the consistency you like. More cream cheese makes it a bit creamier. You might even dare to substitute heavy cream for milk for a very creamy sauce.
3) Season sauce with all your dashes.
4) In a pan, sautee broccoli in olive oil. Just enough to get them a bit softer. (Plus, olive oil is delicious!) You might also cook up some chicken to your liking if you so choose, but for this battle I had none at my disposal, so it was broccoli that I conjured up to win this conflict.
5) Drain noodles. Toss noodles in sauce (leaving just a little to top off each serving).
6) Add Broccoli. Top with excess sauce. Sprinkle a dash of parmesan/romano cheese over the serving.
Enjoy. Depending on how thick your sauce is, you might be able to stretch this out into 4 servings. My lovely wife and I chose to eat a “serving” as our entire meal, so each serving was a nice sized-bowl size….leaving about one serving for leftovers.
Also, the recipe I found was a little skimpier on some of the ingredients, so it looked to be a bit of a bland recipe, so I added the cream cheese and a few spices to give it a little more flavor.
Was it a success? Ask my wife. She loves Alfredo and she said it was the best she’d ever had. Need I say more?
There ya have it…How I conquered the kitchen yet once more!
