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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Logan's Magnificent







So one of my best friend inspired this dish. He gave me the ingredients he wanted and I worked it.

Ingredients:
Rolls, I used left over sandwich rolls cut into half
EVOO
Litehouse Italian Freeze Dried Seasoning
Rosemary
Black Pepper
6 cloves diced garlic
1 Large package fresh green beans, cleaned and ends cut
1 Large Sweet onion 1/2 diced, 1/2 sliced thin
10 Roma Tomatoes diced
Fresh Sweet Basil
3 Tbsp Unsalted butter
1lb package whole wheat linguine
2 medium sized packages of baby bella mushrooms, 1 package left whole, the other diced up
1.5 cup Freshly grated Asiago Cheese
1 cup Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1.5 cup Freshly grated Romano cheese
1 qt container lite cream
White wine, something with flavor and a bit of bite, but a little sweet
5-6 medium sized chicken breasts cut into small chunks
Sea Salt

Step 1: Bruschetta time!
Dice up 5 Roma's, add a bit of EVOO, pinch of salt, pinch of black pepper, chopped fresh basil, about 1/2 cup sweet onion, about 1 tsp Litehouse seasoning about 1/4 cup white wine. Mix well and let sit in the frig for about an hour, let the flavors mix, marinate and boom you got some fresh awesome Bruschetta.

Step 2: Pollo!
Take your chicken slap it some EVOO with the diced package of mushroom (save a small handfull for later), a small hand full of sweet onion,a pinch of sea salt, and 3 cloves diced garlic. Saute on high heat for about 7-8 minutes, add about 3 cups white wine, saute on high heat for about another 10 minutes or until the chicken starts to golden. Take off heat and let sit.

Step 3: Stewed Tomato Sauce
Take your remaining 5 Roma's and diced them up, place them in a pan with a tad bit of EVOO, a small hand full of diced mushroom, about 1-2 Tbsp Litehouse seasoning, the rest of the diced garlic cloves, a pinch of salt, a pinch of black pepper, and add about 2 cups white wine. Stew until tomatoes have completely cooked and are now a chunky sauce. Let cool and set to the side.

Step 4: Cream Sauce
Take your lite cream and place into a decent size sauce pan, add stewed tomatoes, cheeses, about 1 cup white wine, and let simmer on medium heat stirring frequently. As the cream heats up make sure you stir the cheese around well so that it will melt evenly through the sauce. Do not cook the cream on too high heat or it will burn. Let this simmer until the cheeses have melted completely. Add sauted chicken and simmer for another 5 minutes or so. If the sauce does not thicken up wisk the sauce vigorously and add cheese if necessary. If you let the sauce reduce and simmer properly the sauce will thicken. Remove from heat and let cool a bit. Salt and pepper to taste.

Step 5:
Saute green beans with some sweet onion slices, black pepper, salt, and butter.

Step 6: The bread and pasta
While letting the cream sauce simmer the noodles should have been cooked. Drain, rinse and add to cream sauce. At this time also spread EVOO with a hint of Rosemary on the bread halves, toast, and spread Bruschetta. Make a side salad however you like but it should compliment the dish. Plate up and enjoy!

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