Thursday, August 5, 2010

Okay, I lied. I got to my 140 character recipe sooner then expected.

So here we are folks, a milestone. The first blog post as and expantion on the #140recipe project I am starting on twitter. I am sure no one wants to read me blather on about it, so lets get right to the food.

The Tweet:
sautee .25# prk, .25# bflo, 2 garlic clv, 8oz shrooms, .25t chili flakes, salt and pepr in 2T bacon fat. toss with 3oz arugala and 8oz pasta

The Recipe
Orecchiette with Mushrooms, Arugula and Ground Buffalo





Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 4 portions





8 oz dried orecchiette pasta
2 T bacon fat
2 ea garlic cloves
4 oz ground buffalo
4 oz ground pork
8 oz mixed mushrooms
1/4 t chili flakes
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper, fresh ground

Begin with the pasta. Bring 4-6 quarts of salted water to a roiling boil than add pasta. While the pasta is cooking, begin the sautéed mushrooms and meats. Heat a sauté pan over med-high heat and add bacon fat (shame on you if you don't keep a small dish of this in the fridge.) Chop the garlic and add it, along with the buffalo and pork. Let the meats cook while you chop the mushrooms (any types will do.) Add the mushrooms and turn up to high heat. Season with salt and pepper. Sauté until all the water has evaporated and you get good browning. Turn down to a simmer. Check pasta for doneness. Once pasta is done, strain and place into a large mixing bowl. Add arugula and meat mixture to the pasta and toss gently, adding a few teaspoons of pasta water if it seems too dry.

Garnish this with either shaved Parmesan cheese, cherry tomato halves, or both.

I do hope you have enjoyed this #140recipe.
So, I am playing with the tangled web that is social media? I am tweeting a little bit now, and have found a game for myself. I am going to create recipes in 140 characters or less. You might see hash-tags like #140recipe or #recipe or #nomnomnom and maybe others, but I don't know if I will tweet the tags before or after the recipe. 140 is too valuable to give up some for tags.

I think I am going to start then including a link to this blog where I will try to include a couple of pictures and a full recipe. I do make this stuff. I don't just make up license-plate-abbreviation-style recipes that fit in 140 characters and don't taste yummy.

Please also note that all posts are subject to a delay of 1-3 days so I can have my editor (read: wife) clean up my atrocious spelling and grammar. So if you see a tweet but no post here, don't fret, it will land here shortly.

I will post tomorrow with the expanded version of of tonight's tweet, but as a teaser, here is tonight's #140recipe tweet.

sautee .25# prk, .25# bflo, 2 garlic clv, 8oz shrooms, .25t chili flakes, salt and pepr in 2T bacon fat. toss with 3oz arugala and 8oz pasta

Enjoy,