Recipes from Cooking with Doyle Moore on Focus 580

May 7, 2003:  Pasta

SESAME NOODLES

• 12 oz. dried linguini noodles

• ¼ cup of soy sauce

• ¼ cup rice wine vinegar

• 6 teaspoons water

• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

• ½ teaspoon salt

• 2 teaspoons minced, fresh ginger

• 1 teaspoon minced garlic

• 6 teaspoons peanut butter (creamy or chunky)

• 1 teaspoon of hot chili oil 

Boil 12 oz. Linguini.  Mix the rest of the ingredients together.

NOODLES

• spaghetti or linguini noodles

• extra virgin olive oil

• parmesan cheese

• walnut paste (see below)

• freshly boiled asparagus

• garlic (optional)

• almonds (optional)

Boil noodles.  Add extra virgin olive oil (*optional* add garlic or almonds) and parmesan cheese. Add walnut paste.  Add freshly boiled asparagus (You can cook with pasta if desirable-five minutes before noodles are finished.  Best suggestion is to peel or cut them). 

Walnut Paste

Finely chop walnuts, whole or halves and place them through a meat grinder until they become of a powdery consistency.

SIDE DISH OR MAIN PASTA DISHES

1. Drain pasta then add olive oil and walnuts to pan until hot.  Next, return spaghetti to the pan and sprinkle a little cheese over it. Use a little butter if desired.

2. Boil egg noodles.  Then add butter and parmesan cheese.

3. Cook pasta.  Heat Albacore tuna, oil and garlic in same pan.  After mixture is cooked, pour over noodles.  Add anchovies (optional)

STUFFED MOREL MUSHROOMS

• morel mushrooms

• flour

• milk, vegetable or chicken broth

• gravy

• pasta (bowties or thick pasta)

• light or dark truffle oil

Wash mushrooms and sauté them.  Sprinkle a couple of tablespoons of flour and add a little milk, vegetable broth or chicken broth.  Add a little gravy.  Serve over a hand-made pasta.  Drizzle truffle oil on top. 

ITALIAN PASTA

Fix noodles, but instead of meatballs replace with large shrimp.  Add tomato marinara sauce.

COMBINATIONS TO ADD WITH NOODLES

1. Tomato fettuccine with shrimp and arugula.  Sauté shrimp with the arugula and tomato sauce. 

2. Albacore tuna fish, basil, cappers, olive oil, lemon Rhine and black pepper.

3. Chicken, corn and green onion 

4. Zucchini and bell peppers with bow tie noodles

5. Smoked mozzarella cheese

6. Linguini, garlic, cheese

7. Tomatoes, spinach, prosciutto

8. Butter, chopped onion, garlic, tomato sauce, water, flour, ½ cup reduced fat milk, 1/3 cup vodka salt red pepper cheese (made into a sauce)