Shrimp Alfredo

Fidel

Kinda sorta done on the egg - the shrimps were cooked out there. The rest was done on the cooktop.

Fresh made pasta rolled out to a #4 on the KA rollers. Nothing but flour, salt, and eggs.

The sauce was made by cooking down 1/2 a finely chopped onion, 6 large cloves of garlic (minced), 1/2 cup shrimp stock, a couple pats of butter, some heavy cream, salt, pepper, grated pecorino romano, chopped scallions, a pinch of corn starch, salt, pepper, and crushed reds as a garnish. Added the cooked shrimp to the sauce, tossed to combine and ladled over the pasta.

Good eats.

WessB

Don't personally eat many meals of that type..but that looks pretty dam good..

2Fategghead

Food looks great Rod. Like Wess said I don't eat much food like that but, should. Bet the noodles were great as well as the rest. :P

Crimsongator

Does shrimp alfredo cure hangovers?

Little Steven

Looks pretty lame. Hope the kids ate it

Fidel

Nope, but a little nap during the race and a 2nd place finish by Smoke helped me feel a little better.

EGGARY

EGG or no EGG, that looks tasty. Now I am hungry for dinner.

Bad thing for me, pasta is a no-no. I can't say no to seconds and I am trying to lose weight.


gary

Fidel

better than that plate of goat puke you tried to pass off as a "meal" the other night.

If you can't afford any better meat than the legs the butcher was throwing out let me know and I'll see if I can help you out a little.

Fidel

Thanks Gary. That's what I like about making my own - if you only make enough for a couple servings there are no seconds or leftovers. And there is no comparison to fresh pasta. From raw ingredients into the boiling water in ten minutes. Really good stuff.

FlaPoolman

The pasta is what got me,, I gotta try to make it sometime but the kitchen would look like Steve was here

vidalia1

Looks awesome....great cook.

Tweety

Oh my gosh, that looks like something from a magazine. Shrimp and pasta 2 of my favorite foods. Looks delicious!

Little Steven

Which plate of goat puke do you refer to? I often cook goat puke. Never looks as bad as what you just posted though

FrankC

That looks really good, egg or not! Pasta from scatch just reminds me of going back to the old neighborhood. Thanks for the memories.

fc

Hoss

Looks DELISH! I was watching Julia Child make pasta the other day.Seemed like a PITA to me.She stated that once you have tasted homemade pasta the work is MORE than worth it.Your thoughts??? Is it REALLY THAT much better.I'm guessin it is or you would'nt have done it.

Vincent Chase

That looks awesome Fidel. Have been itching to get some of those pasta attachments for our Kitchen Aid mixer as well and your pics have me envious. Thanks for sharing!

stike

You know. You have been awful mean to Fidel lately. not very friendly

Of course, if it's some kind of inside joke between you too and everything is actually fine, well then it's still not nice because I wasn't in on it. :laugh:

stike

Just plain rude fidel. I remember when things were so much friendlier here..
It was a Tuesday I think. Don't remember exactly. June 8th. 2005. Maybe 2006

Desert Oasis Woman

Sounds soooo gooooodddddd

but you aren't helping with diet :blink:

JLOCKHART29

Rod I do eat stuff like that and it looks great!! Made it ALL in the Egg last year using a wok. Don't let Steve's rudness get to you. He's probably been drinking again and teed off about living in an ice cube!! :laugh:

Mickey

To make that pasta what kind of machine do you use?

LDD

That's a great lookin meal. Fresh pasta is always nice and isn't tough to make at all. I've got an old school roller commercial one that was used in a restaurant. thing must weigh about 30 lbs... haha.

stike wrote:

Just plain rude fidel. I remember when things were so much friendlier here..
It was a Tuesday I think. Don't remember exactly. June 8th. 2005. Maybe 2006

would you like a bigger spoon to stir the pot with :laugh: :woohoo:

stike

i know, i know.

but, gee, come on.
why do some get to stir it, but we reasonable people always have to be "reasonable"?

i'm sick of folks being able to pounce on other for fabled transgressions, but 'we' always have to play nice, type a nice thought out response, try to hear them out, etc.

when do i get to be a ranting irrational humorless barking mad harpy? :laugh:

eenie meenie

Decadent Fidel........but I like that! :laugh:

Fidel

stike wrote:

when do i get to be a ranting irrational humorless barking mad harpy? :

every day of your life

Fidel

What work?

You take some flour, a little salt, and a few eggs. Mix them to combine then let the roller do the kneading for you. Honestly 10 minutes from cracking the eggs until I was dropping pasta into the water. Maybe less time, I didn't check the time.

Takes less time and about 5% the cost of going to the store to purchase their "fresh" refrigerated pasta, and the flavor and texture is just so much better. You can control the thickness and consistency to your own preferences.

Fidel

kitchen aid stand mixer with the three piece pasta roller/cutter kit, and a lot of advice from a terrific cook who has given me a number of pointers and recipes over the past few years.

Fidel

Honestly, the way we put together the sauce it wasn't as rich as one might expect. By using a slurry of stock and corn starch we got the thickening and texture of the cream without all the extra saturated fat.

Total amount of cream in the dish was less than 1/4 cup. The flavor and texture were spot on though.

LDD

stike wrote:

i know, i know.

but, gee, come on.
why do some get to stir it, but we reasonable people always have to be "reasonable"?

i'm sick of folks being able to pounce on other for fabled transgressions, but 'we' always have to play nice, type a nice thought out response, try to hear them out, etc.

when do i get to be a ranting irrational humorless barking mad harpy? :laugh:

that must have made you feel slightly better ;-)

Mr Holloway

That looks excellent
Homemade pasta is certainly worth the "work"

Shane

stike

i lob them to you, and you still only swing half way :laugh: