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December test kitchen recipe
By Carrie | January 24, 2008
Just before Christmas, we got another recipe to test from America’s Test Kitchen. This is “Pasta with olives.” There’s also a breadcrumb topping which I think helps make the dish interesting with some crunchy texture. We had to frantically run to CapriFlavors, our local Italian specialty market, to buy the anchovies for this dish. You couldn’t really taste them at all in my opinion, but I’m sure they are the basis of the saltiness in the sauce.
You might notice that you can’t actually SEE any of the olives in this picture. We were supposed to use mini zitis in the recipe, but we had regular ziti at home so we figured we might as well use it. Well, it turns out that olives like to slide into the ziti tubes and hide in there. It’s a nice surprise while you’re eating!
While we were gone, we got another recipe to test for Blueberry pie, but we missed the deadline already. Sigh!
Topics: cooking, food, testkitchen |
January 25th, 2008 at 6:22 am
How do I sign up to be a tester???
January 25th, 2008 at 8:15 am
You can sign up at this page. You’ll get an email about once a month with a new recipe. They ask that you make the recipe within a week and provide some feedback in a survey! Fun.
Be sure to print out the recipe because as soon as you take the survey, you won’t be able to see the recipe any more.
January 25th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Thanks!! I enjoy the crunchy breadcrumb effect especially on really spicy pasta.