So after a not so awesome 10 hour ride from Boston, I was very glad to be back in Delaware. Marisa and I could not believe the traffic, it was horrid. We did, however, enjoy playing the windshield wiper game (we made this up on one of our journey's home last year). Once a car was close enough behind us, we clean our windshield and since the fluid gets on the car behind us, they have to clean theirs too. We don't know why, but it is SO funny. Or at least, it keeps us entertained as we trudge up 95. Ah the simple things in life.
It was great to be back, and even more great to spend lots of time with Trav. So Wednesday we saw Little Fockers (which was really funny, so go see it) and then I cooked a delicious dinner. Perfect day. Since I am obsessed With Williams Sonoma, Travis was thoughtful enough to pick me up a few things for Christmas. One being the most delicious extra virgin olive oil I have ever tasted, and another was a package of pasta from Italy. And also the 12 days of Christmas mugs I had wanted. Isn't he just great? So anyways, back to our dinner. We went and got some fresh broccoli, pancetta, and pignoli nuts. This was a super simple recipe, but it is one that we really love and is great for when you don't want to cook an elaborate meal.
Ingredients:
2 crowns fresh broccoli
1/4 cup pignoli nuts
8 slices (thin) pancetta
1 lb pasta (you can use any kind, penne or farfalle are probably best)
2 tbl sp fresh chopped garlic
fresh cracked pepper
extra virgin olive oil
Directions:
Cut pancetta into small pieces and bring to a crisp in a saute pan. Remove the crisped pancetta and set aside. Then cut the stems off the broccoli crowns and cut into pieces and add garlic and olive oil to saute pan with pancetta grease. In the meantime, boil the pasta and toast the pine nuts until brown in a toaster oven or regular oven. Be sure to watch the pine nuts, they burn easily. Drain the pasta then add broccoli, pancetta, and pine nuts. Add a bit more olive oil and fresh cracked pepper to taste. I also added grated parmesan cheese to mine as well.
Simple & Delicious. The way food should be :)
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