Whore Pasta

For my first post I'm only going to share a few recipes. I've been scrapping, embroidering and doing some knitting (baby hats!) However, TODAY I felt like cooking, so here are a few recipes I love:

My Dads Puttanesca (aka, Whore Pasta)

Puttanesca is an Italian Pasta dish that originated in whore houses. They would cook it to bring in customers. I love this dish. I love sex workers. This recipe is pretty much awesome.

Reccomended Listening: "Filthy Goregous" by the Scissor Sisters

Reccomended Drinkage: Cheap red wine

Ingredients:

Extra Virgin Olive Oil (the kind that says "first cold pressing" is the best)

2 Cloves Garlic

1/2 Yellow Onion

1/3 cup Calamata Olives

1 Tbs Capers

2 Anchovies

2 cups Cherry Tomatoes

Remember the ingredient amount is approximate... if you love garlic put more in. If you hate onions put less in. It's up to you.

1) Put enough Olive Oil to cover the bottom of a sauce pan on medium heat

2) Add anchovies and allow them to break up into the oil.

3) Add garlic and onion, saute for 2-3 minutes until the onions are translucent

4) Add Cherry tomatoes and cook until they pop open

5) Add capers and calamata olives. Warm them up, mix with pasta, season with salt and pepper and EAT

My Moms Norwegian Pancakes

My mom would make me these all the time. I love to make them on weekends, and you don't have to use the brown sugar in the recipe below. Try all kinds of jellies, preserves, fruits, ice cream and sweet sauces with them. Roll them, fold them, stack them, whatever.

Crepes are hard to cook. What usually happens when I make the first few crepes is either there is too much butter, making them soggy, or too little butter and they stick to the pan. I decided the best way to start was with too much butter. After the first FAIL crepe they usually turn out pretty good and don't get stuck to the pan.

Reccomended Listening: "Fibre De Verre" by Paris Combo

Reccomended Drinkage: Mimosas

Ingredients for Crepes:

2 Eggs, beaten

2 Cups Milk

1 Cup Flour

Butter

Brown Sugar

1) Mix eggs, Milk and Flour together to make a batter. It should be thin.

2) Add butter to a non-stick pan.

3) When the buttered pan is very hot, pour about 1/3 cup of batter on to the pan. While pouring lift up the pan and spread the batter out into a circle shape, very very thin!

4) When the batter gets bubbly on top, flip it over

5) Remove from pan, place on plate and add a small amount of butter on top. Sprinkle brown sugar. Go back to step 3. Repeat until you have a small stack of crepes. EAT