Italy: A Collection of Pasta Entrees

Including Fettucine Alfredo, Tortellini with Cream, Pasta alla Puttanesca, and others.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Adriatic Spaghetti (Spaghetti Dell'adriatico)
 Categories: Italian, Seafood, Ceideburg 2
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 sm Octopus (about 3 1/4 pounds)
    1/2 c  Olive oil
        pn Rosemary
      1    Bay leaf
        pn Oregano
      1 ts Cumin seeds
           Chopped parsley
      1    Green chili pepper chopped
    1/2 lb Tomatoes, peeled and cut in
           -strips
      3    Cloves garlic, (inner buds
           -removed), chopped
           Salt and pepper
      1 lb Spaghetti
 
  The octopus must be very carefully washed and dried, and the mouth removed.
  Cover the bottom of a saucepan with oil; add the rosemary, bay leaf
  oregano, cumin seeds, parley, chili pepper, tomatoes and chopped garlic.
  Place the octopus on top of this mixture and season with salt and pepper.
  Cover the pot very tightly and simmer for about 45 minutes. Cook the
  spaghetti in plenty of boiling salted water until it is 'al dente' (firm to
  the bite).  Drain and turn onto a warm serving dish. Mix the octopus sauce
  into the spaghetti.  Serve piping hot.
  
  From "Feast of Italy", translated from the Italian edition published by
  Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1973.  Consulting Chef, Giorgio Gioco. Thomas
  Crowell, New York.  ISBN 0-690-00059-6
  
  Serves 4 to 6.
  
  Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; September 7 1992.
  
  File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/cberg2.zip
 
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---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Angel Hair Pasta with Cilantro, Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Feta
 Categories: Italian, Pasta
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      8 oz "Bella" sun-dried tomatoes
           -in oil; coarsely chopped
      2 tb Olive oil; from tomatoes
      8 oz Feta cheese; crumbled
      1 bn Fresh cilantro; coarsely
           -chopped
      4 oz Angel hair pasta; cooked
 
  Combine first 3 ingredients and set aside. Cook pasta according to
  directions and toss with the tomatoes, cilantro and feta cheese. Serve warm
  or cold.
  
  NOTES : From a recipe leaflet that came with a jar of "Bella" brand
  sun-dried tomatoes. Recipe by: "Bella" Sun Dried Tomatoes Recipe Card
  
  Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 413 by RecipeLu
  

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