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2 cloves garlic minced or finely chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
2 cups shredded zucchini
6 stalks chives (I've also used spring onions)
3 tblspns chopped parsley
pinch oregano
1 tspn salt
to taste freshly ground black pepper
Dump everything into a serving bowl, mix well and allow to rest (covered, unrefrigerated) for at least an hour. Cook the pasta, add a little parmesan if you like (though, again, cheese isn't normally served with uncooked sauces).
This one is from Charles Bellissimo's Pasta Sauces
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Here's the last sauce in this series. It's in my all-star, all-time group:
TOMCAT'S CLAMS AND ZUCCHINI SAUCE (RECIPE#5)
1/2 cup olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped (I use the red onions for more flavor)
4 cloves garlic, minced or thinly sliced (to taste, really)
500 gr zucchini, diced
1/2 cup white wine (I use one that cost B350)
1 can local clams (I've only seen one size and one brand, keep juice)
1/4 cup chopped basil, parsley, or dill (I use one at a time)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
500 gr DeCecco (any string types will do)
1. Saute onion and garlic in olive oil (about 3-5 minutes over medium heat)
2. Add zucchini, salt pepper and wine and bring to a boil.
3. Cook for about 5 minutes until zucchini is fork tender.
4. Add clams and juice.
5. Continue cooking until zucchini is done to your satisfaction.
6. Remove from heat, pour over drained pasta, sprinkle with herb of choice.
7. Add parmesan to taste.
Easy to do and quick.
recipe taken from (and Tomcat modified): Charles Bellissimo, Pasta Sauces.
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TC, one time you mentioned eating a cashew pesto, so played around with that in stead of pine nuts. olive oil, garlic, local basel, cashews (crushed a bit as I find it easier to puree) I add the parmesian after with more crushed cashew nuts as the topping. Really enjoyable.
While preparing dips for my very exclusive Christmas Eve cocktail, I started reminiscing about my mother doing the very same thing in the 50s...albeit on an emergency basis. My father had business associates who would think nothing of dropping in, families in tow and without calling first, on a Sunday afternoon. My mother, who would have agreed with Brie of Desperate Housewives that home management is both an art and a skill, would race to the kitchen to whip up some easy dips for all to enjoy with their drinks. Some of you may remember these:
1. add one packet of Lipton's Onion Soup (dried) to an 8 oz container of sour cream. Stir and serve with chips.
2. mix 8 oz of cream cheese with 6 oz of sour cream. Add a tblsp of lemon juice, a teaspoon of horseradish, 2 tblspns of grated onion and 8 oz of chopped smoked salmon (my mother used flaked canned salmon...nasty stuff). Chop up a quarter cup of pecans (walnuts will do) and add to the mix. Finish with a covering of chopped parsley. Serve at room temp.
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1. add one packet of Lipton's Onion Soup (dried) to an 8 oz container of sour cream. Stir and serve with chips.
Damn TC my mom did that as well. Dad would add the soup mix to burgers and what a treat that was as well.
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Too long in Exile, baby you just arent my friend.
Too long in Exile my friend, Baby you can never go home again.
TC, what crackers would your mother serve with the dips. I didn't know that Lipton's made packet soup-I only know them for traditonal teas, or is this a different company?
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