After a couple of cancellations from both sides, the BAD finally made it over for a visit with her mother and me today.
And a recipe for which I had all the ingredients ready last Friday finally emerged.
It's from Aaron Hutcherson at the Washington Post and it's called Pepperoni Pasta Bake.
It combines tomatoes and sauce and spices and pasta and a lot of diced pepperoni.
After that has baked, it's topped with a copious quantities of mozzarella cheese and broiled for a few minutes.
Here's what came out of my oven when it was done.
It was a little wet, a little soupy, but everyone pronounced it wonderful.
And I don't think that was just for me.
I liked it too and went back for seconds.
SWMBO said it's a keeper recipe and not to lose it.
Coming from her, that's the highest praise I could receive.
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Forgive my Facebook post, this looks excellent.
It looks yummy--"copious" amounts of Mozzarella helps anything with tomatoes and pepperoni. tc cambria
Wow, that does look yummy although I'm not a huge fan of pepperoni. It's a bit too spicy and greasy for me. I would definitely give this a try though!
Much later, Judy and I conferred on it and decided that it was baked a little too little in the first stage. Another 10 minutes probably would have firmed it up more.
Yes, Judy commented that the stringy nature of the cheese was a great sign of good moz.
Greasy, yes, but it wasn't too spicy. In fact though it had some crushed red pepper in the recipe, we all added more at the table. But to each his own.
I liked Pepperoni back in the day when my sensitive gut would allow it. Supposedly there is an uncured pepperoni, but I've not tried it. Your book, "The Bride Wore Black" looks interesting. I read a synopsis and it's my kinda book, but I have no time to read. Fortunately, the movie based on the book is available on Prime. I'll be watching tonight.
I've just started another one by the same author, titled "I Married a Dead Man." According to one source, Woolrich virtually invented noir.
Looks good and rather simple to make.
It was and it is!
We used to do pasta bakes quite a bit. I love that you can simply assemble them in one dish and bake them. No fuss, no muss. If everyone likes it, well, that's the cherry on top isn't it?
Indeed it is. This one was tasty but I'll bake it more the next time I make it.
Dang, that looks tasty. All good stuff in it so why not?
You've got it, Granny Sue!
I love mozzarella cheese, so I would love to taste that.
C'mon over!
I'm not a fan of pepperoni. I even have it left off of a supreme pizza. With some Italian sausage, this could be a good recipe for me.
it certainly looks like it would taste terrific.
A veritable feast.
I thought "Do you like pepperoni?" was a vulgar chat-up line used in seedy bars and clubs. What a relief to find it was a reference to your latest kitchen triumph!
Looks wonderful.
On a recent freezer clean out I found some pepperoni, chopped it up, and added it to the sauce I was making for pasta. It really bumped up the flavor. Your Pasta Bake looks delicious.
You should include the recipe when you post a dish you liked! ;)
I noted in the post that it's from the Washington Post. If you don't subscribe to that I could share the article and recipe with you by email. If I had your email address.
It's like deep-dish pizza!
Oh but so much more, Steve.
Thank you.
Thanks.
I knew I could rely on you, professor!
SWMBO is just the opposite. She says the more pepperoni the better and she does not like the taste of Italian sausage on pizza.
Well it does though my two feminine eaters both added more crushed red pepper flakes to it at the table!
That it was. And will continue to be as leftovers went into the freezer.
Yummy!
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