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Homemade Fettucine Pasta with Classical Tomato and Basil Sauce

Fettucine, fresh homemade Pasta with Classical Tomato and Basil Sauce

Fettucine with Tomato & Basil Sauce

Pasta dough

400 gm Maya all purpose flour

100 gm semolina flour (optional)

4 medium eggs plus 1 yolk if necessary

A dash of salt and extra virgin olive oil

Pasta Sauce:

Tomato sauce 2 small can of canned peeled tomato sauce,

crushed with a fork Half garlic head, peeled and crushed

A handful of fresh basil

Extra virgin olive oil

Rock salt and pepper

Handful of parmesan

Method For the pasta dough:

  • Mix well the 2 flour, put on the table and make a well in the center, add the egg, the salt and the extra virgin olive oil.
  • With a fork, incorporate the egg into the flour beginning from the center, when possible, start to work with the hand in the classical way, work on the table for about 10 minutes.
  • Cover with a towel and let rest, prepare the tomato sauce in the meantime.
  • In a pot add a good amount of extra virgin olive oil, add the garlic and the basil, add the tomato and put on medium high heat, simmer, once start simmering, cook for 10 minutes and take off the heat. Cool down and season to taste.
  • Take the pasta dough, it can be worked well with a roller or a pasta machine, fettuccine should be about 2.5 cm wide and 0.3 mm thick.
  • Cook in boiling salty water and toss in tomato sauce. Sprinkle with a good handful of parmesan and basil.
  • Chef Roberto Cimmino

    Cooked by Chef Robert Cimmino who recently visited The Maya Kitchen.

Recipe serves 4

Posted by Treasure Jar on May 16th 2012 | Filed in FYI,Happenings,Kitchen Needs,Plateful of Fun,Recipes | Comments (0)

Challenged

I know gushing about having a PR is sooo like a noob blogger *insert rolls eyes emoticon here*

My food blog recently got PR’ed, if there’s such a word. This happening came as a surprise and inspired me to cook more, never mind if a glowing neon “buyphenphedrine.com” sign is making it’s way to me. LOL.

Right now, the boiled potatoes (with grated cheese and butter) are sitting in the blue silicon baking pan, inside the fridge waiting for 4:30am. I’m gonna bake this for a bit for the kids’ breakfast.

The spring rolls are also waiting for their turn to get fried in the morning.

The cooked rice is in the fridge too, to be cooked as fried rice.

And best of all, the coconut jam warmed with butter and “cooked” with scrambled egg is cooling down. This will be for tomorrow morning’s toast.

Now, on to budget management… :D

 

Green Iced Sting Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

A box with Green Iced Sting Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (and Original Glazed Doughnuts) was delivered last week. A big thanks to Krispy Kreme! Yey!

Green Iced Sting Krispy Kreme

The kids were delighted with the green color with hint of bubble gum flavor and mint (white stripes) flavor inspired by the movie  “The Green Hornet” Definitely something new and kid-approved. My kids love it!

The Green Iced Sting Krispy Kreme Doughnuts are only available till February 13, 2010.

Magnolia Ice Cream Christmas Limited Edition

THE Magnolia Ice Cream we all love is offering Christmas limited edition ice cream flavors we would surely fall in love again.

I remember years ago that I get excited whenever we would go buy the monthly special called “Flavors of the Month”. And yes, I distinctly remember too that big ice cream cart with a bell that sounds like “come here” to my young ears. Mama would let me choose what I’d like and always, my choice would be twin popsies (popsicles).

Anyway… Magnolia Ice Cream without the Nestle name attached to it is back.

And back they are with new flavors and these include the limited edition Christmas ice cream namely Vanilla Praline, Caramel Cheesecake, and Apple Strudel. These three new flavors were introduced to a select group of mommy bloggers.

Magnolia Ice Cream Limited Edition Vanilla Praline

Vanilla Praline has cashew praline with streaks of caramel vanilla in vanilla ice cream base. If you love vanilla ice cream, Magnolia has the best vanilla ice cream.

Magnolia Ice Cream Limited Edition Caramel Cheesecake

Caramel Cheesecake has cheesecake bits and caramel ripple in a caramel ice cream base. I super love caramel ice cream flavors (and candy too!).

Magnolia Apple Strudel Ice Cream

The Apple Strudel has apple cinnamon bits with crushed chocolate pretzels swirled with a combination of green and red ripple and enhanced with creamy vanilla flavor.

These Magnolia ice cream limited edition are available till February 2011. The containers, with in-mould labelling has a tub wrap design won by a student for the theme “Daang Matuwid“. And for the frugal and practical mom, these tubs can be used in more ways than one.
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Posted by Treasure Jar on Dec 13th 2010 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI,Plateful of Fun,Socials,Through the Lens,Visual Delights | Comments (1)

Ho-Ho-Holiday with Krispy Kreme

We love Krispy Kreme!

Though the original glazed doughnut is STILL the favorite, we love to have those fancy seasonal doughnuts.

Krispy Kreme

With Christmas just a few weeks from now, we are excited to have Krispy Kreme snowman back on our plates and palate. But wait there’s more! Two special Krispy Kreme doughnuts are now available to share with family and friends: vanilla-frosted square-shaped doughnuts decked with green and red icing ribbons and classic Krispy Kreme ring doughnuts topped with red and green candy sprinkles.

Of course, Snowman is making a comeback and I’m sure many missed him :)

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You may visit any of the following Krispy Kreme Branches: Bonifacio High Street, Greenhills Shopping Center Drive-Thru, SM Mall of Asia, Trinoma Cinema Level, SM Megamall, SM Mall of Asia Drive-Thru, Ayala Avenue, Robinsons Galleria, Gateway Mall, Glorietta 4, SM City Annex (North EDSA), Annex 2 SM Fairvew, Eastwood, Marquee Mall Pampanga, SM San Lazaro, SM Manila, Robinsons Place Manila, Paseo Center (Makati City) and Valero (Makati City) or call 0917-8053000. Also, be sure to log on to  www.krispykreme.com.ph and be a Friend of Krispy Kreme to get updates.

Moringa Nutrients

Yes, the “lowly” green vegetable called “Moringa” or Malunggay in Philippine vernacular is one of the most nutritious vegetable there is.

Not only does moringa increase breast milk production, it is also a rich source of nutrients.

Moringa can also be used as a detoxifying agent as well as extender to many dishes.

I’ve read that people in Africa has been planting moringa trees to include in the diet to counter malnutrition. And yes, we’d be having more of moringa in our viands :)

Posted by Treasure Jar on Nov 17th 2010 | Filed in FYI,Green Environment,Kitchen Needs,Plateful of Fun | Comments (0)

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