Pasta Incu Bietulle, Saveur May 2012
Pasta Incu Bietulle is translated as Swiss chard cannelloni, although Shaw's doesn't have cannelloni, so I made stuffed shells instead. First you make a tomato sauce with lots of garlic, fresh basil and thyme, and red pepper flakes. I halved the recipe but accidentally used the full amount of pepper, so it was nice and zesty. While that's simmering, you briefly boil some chard (and then the shells), which gets mixed with ricotta cheese and mint. So there is an interesting interplay between the cool mint and the hot pepper. It took about 1.5 hours start to finish, but it was a nice (vegetarian) meal. A lot of the other recipes in Saveur's Corsica section also feature ricotta and mint, so I might try another later.
I was frustrated, though, going to Shaw's. I haven't been for a while since we started renting a car to go to Market Basket (and probably still saving money even after the rental fees). But since I'm such low-throughput now, I just went to Shaw's on the way home. Unfortunately they are even farther along with their "renovation" of their produce section. Somehow they rearranged it in such a way that they no longer sell a lot of the things I used to buy, although I really can't identify anything new that they have. It's a bit of a mystery. Today, it seemed that they no longer carry non-organic chard. Instead, they sell small, wilted bunches. The price wasn't posted, but I figured it would be by weight anyway so if it's small whatever. But actually, no. This was $2.99 per bunch, with a total of 8 stalks.
I am growing mint and Chard. Should I try this recipe? Does it matter if the mint is spearmint flavor?
ReplyDeleteYou should try! There are some others here that might be of interest too, like the omelet you could make with your fresh eggs: http://www.saveur.com/gallery/Pleasure-Island/1
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