When you see a recipe by Mario Batali, dive in...
Meghan(my artistic muse and wonderful wife) and I saw the most recent issue of Food and Wine and decided to drool...
On the cover...Spaghetti with baby artichokes and pancetta by Mario Batali. Having cooked from "Molto Mario" in the past(Mario Batali's cookbook and a James Beard award winner..that means it's really good) we said, "This should be simple, rustic, and of course pretty tasty".
So, we ventured to the new "Fresh Market" in Annapolis, retrieved our ingredients, and proceeded to completely bail each and every night..."Hon, I don't feel like cooking...just don't feel like making fresh pasta...oh well, let's just go out again..."
As I tried to convince my wife to have a sushi night tonight she convinced me those baby artichokes were wearing out their welcome in the fridge...
So we rolled fresh pasta, she browned a thick slab of pancetta, tenderized the baby artichokes, aromasized the onions, and...
Voila...
Nasty Good, Yummy Silky Pasta...
Add the salty pancetta, paired with the savory Parmigiano Reggiano and you got magic.
It's rustic, it's simple, it's a dish that is simply easy, pair it with a nice Tuscan Red, and you have good times...
Bon Appetito
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