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.
Forgive my Facebook post, this looks excellent.
ReplyDeleteMuch 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.
DeleteIt looks yummy--"copious" amounts of Mozzarella helps anything with tomatoes and pepperoni. tc cambria
ReplyDeleteYes, Judy commented that the stringy nature of the cheese was a great sign of good moz.
DeleteWow, 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!
ReplyDeleteGreasy, 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.
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteI've just started another one by the same author, titled "I Married a Dead Man." According to one source, Woolrich virtually invented noir.
DeleteLooks good and rather simple to make.
ReplyDeleteIt was and it is!
DeleteWe 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?
ReplyDeleteIndeed it is. This one was tasty but I'll bake it more the next time I make it.
DeleteDang, that looks tasty. All good stuff in it so why not?
ReplyDeleteYou've got it, Granny Sue!
DeleteI love mozzarella cheese, so I would love to taste that.
ReplyDeleteC'mon over!
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