with just rolling pin!
This time I added some dried coriander leaves, and few drops of truffle infused olive oil to the flour to make these
duck egg pasta! These ravioli filled with fried bacon and chopped shallots with tomato puree! Serves with wilted
rocket leaves, sprinkles of grated parmesan cheese and pepper.
Quite tasty actually! :)
OHH! My Italian food tutor just commented that " I am his worst pupil!" What is wrong with using coriander in pasta?
It is a Mediterranean herbs!
** Disclaimer: This is by no means Italian pasta, just me messing around! :)
The "fight" of 2 Italians over my "not so proper" ravioli!
Stefano: pasta with coriander?????? Loong, u r my worst pupil! :-)
Loong: HAHA..is it wrong to use coriander?!Roberta: it's fusion pasta!!! hi hi hi looks delish again!!! why stop?!
Stefano: mmmh... maybe it's fusion pasta, sure it's not italian pasta, and I'm teaching making italian pasta...
And, of course, i'm traditionalist, talking about food!
Roberta: well yes...being italian i know how italians never go away from "what the book says"...shame I think...
food is all about taste and experience and combining flavours...italians for example don't know much about
combining sweet and salty which is the base for a lot of other cuisine (indian, japanese, chinese ...) ...
coriander is used on noodles andthe difference from noodles to pasta is....the name! (plus pasta was first
made in china!) so I say...take the great tradition of pasta making and experiment!! I haven't taste coriander with pasta ever but...why not?
Stefano: Roberta, I'm agree with you: for exemple, I like sweet and salty in asian food... but Loong is my pupil
about italian food, and I must say that coriander is NOT ALLOWED in italian pasta! Anyway, he can make pasta
as he wants, on condition that he doesn't call it italian pasta! :-)
Roberta: hi hi hi italians are passionate about everything they do ...but they almost never fight...
they discuss!!! almost always with a glass of wine and a good plate of pasta in front...it's the deal!!!
Now that is what food can do! Ahh..it wasn't a fight, just a "discussion"
haha!