Back Pocket Pasta: Inspired Dinners To Cook On The Fly

Name: Back Pocket Pasta: Inspired Dinners To Cook On The Fly
Author: Colu Henry
ISBN: 9780553459746

by Colu Henry

Here are more than 75 sophisticated, weeknight-friendly pasta dishes that come together in the same amount of time it takes to boil the water. As much a mindset as it is a cookbook, Back Pocket Pasta shows how a well-stocked kitchen and a few seasonal ingredients can be the driving force behind delicious, simply prepared meals. Pantry staples—a handful of items to help you up your dinner game—give you a head start come 6pm, so you can start cooking in your head on the way home from work. For instance, if you know that you have a tin of anchovies, a hunk of parmesan, and panko bread crumbs, you can pick up fresh kale to make Tuscan Kale "Caesar" Pasta. Or if you have capers, red pepper flakes, and a lemon, you can make Linguine with Quick Chili Oil.…

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"Just when you thought the world had no room for another weeknight pasta book, along comes Back Pocket Pasta, wedging itself in between your wallet and your keys. Alongside the old standbys (the puttanesca, the alfredo, the ragù), Colu Henry miraculously manages to come up with dozens of new-to-you pastas with fewer than 10 ingredients: strozzapreti with broccolini, anchovy and almonds; caramelized fennel and hazelnut pasta; rigatoni with mini chicken meatballs and escarole. It’s as easy as stir-fry and faster than takeout – a trifecta of simplicity, speed and smart flavors."

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