Review: Fettucine with Peanut Sauce & Wine Suggestion

[KValley]

Forgot to say: this is an April '01 recipe, page 127

This was just like having really great Thai take-out, only better because it was homemade and I knew exactly what went into it!

I used whole wheat pasta; couldn't find chile *paste*, but Safeway had chile sauce with garlic in the Asian foods section; chicken instead of tofu; broccoli after I became exasperated grating baby carrots.

Can't wait to make it again and experiment- I'd like to try it with rice for a super potluck dish; add some toasted almonds, perhaps, go crazy with the veggies. Man, I love peanut butter.

It was a tricky to pair wine with this- so much going on between the pb and the spices, but a young Australian Shiraz (1998 Jacob's Creek- found it at Safeway) has really ripe, juicy berries that smoothed the bite of the chile and ginger and stood up well against the sweetness of the pb.

Had only salad as an accompaniment- this is a pretty filling dish.

A little Shiraz in the glass, Cesaria Evora on the stereo, fusion-Thai on the dinner table- just felt so cosmopolitan http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

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[pmmahan]

I made this, too and absolutely loved it! I wrote a review a few days ago. Here's the thread
http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Forum1/HTML/005784.html

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[junietoo]

KValley: Well, I'd never heard of Cesaria Evora so I quick jumped to CDNow to see what I've been missing. Reviews good...do I need to get a CD? Which one?

[KValley]

Originally posted by pmmahan:
I made this, too and absolutely loved it! I wrote a review a few days ago. Here's the thread
http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Forum1/HTML/005784.html

http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/redface.gif I'm sorry that I missed this- I honestly looked for a review and skipped right over it! Great suggestion about using it as a dipping sauce. I think this is one of those "You made this?" recipes!!

Cheers!

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[KValley]

Originally posted by junietoo:
KValley: Well, I'd never heard of Cesaria Evora so I quick jumped to CDNow to see what I've been missing. Reviews good...do I need to get a CD? Which one?

Junietoo-

I think Cesaria is one of my greatest finds of the 90s (I don't mean I found her- just a personal discovery). She is the Queen of Cape Verde music- a minor key style called "morna". Mellow, beautiful, dreamy- sung in Portuguese.

For starters, I recommend her self-titled album from 1995 on the Nonesuch label, also "the spirit of cape verde" which is a collection of various Cape Verdean artists, on Tinder Records. Borders has a great selection.

Enjoy!



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[junietoo]

KValley: There are two self-titled albums: 1995 and 2001. Not much info on the new one, though. Guess I'll go with the 1995 version.

Thanks.