Saturday Beefcake: Primo Piatto, Something Italian

This is one of the best recipes for pasta you can find. The Primo Piatto, literally first plate, is quite often pasta.


Spaghetti al Brandy

Spaghetti, 400 grams (one pound)
Baked Ham, 100 grams (quarter pound)
Parmigiano, grated, 50 grams (a couple of tablespoons)
Butter, 50 grams
Onion, one, small, chopped
Heavy Cream, eight ounces
Granny Smith Apple, one half, chopped
flour, cognac, coarse salt, ground pepper


1. Melt the butter in a large pan, adding a teaspoon of flour
2. Add the onion and the apple.
3. Cover and cook over a low flame. This needs to be cooked slowly. Stir and mix the ingredients from time to time.
4. In the meantime, cook your pasta.
5. When the onion mixture is lucent, sprinkle it with cognac and let it evaporate.
6. Add the cream and the parmigiano.
7. Cook it on a high flame for a minute or two.
8. Salt. Pepper.
9. Once the pasta is tossed with the sauce, garnish with strips/sticks of cooked ham.



There are variations with this recipe. Cognac can be substituted with grappa. Cooked ham can be replaced with turkey bacon or not used at all. Enjoy this for your cold winter night.

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