Caramelized Garlic And Shallot Pasta Food

CARAMELIZED SHALLOT PASTA WITH SPICY BREADCRUMBS

Steps:

• Heat the oil over medium heat, then add the sliced shallots, garlic, salt and pepper.
• Cook, stirring often, until the shallots are golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Add the salt, pepper, chili flakes and anchovies, and stir to mix well.
• Add the tomato paste, and continue to stir until the paste begins to darken, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Cook pasta of choice in lightly salted water until "al dente".
• While the pasta is cooking, heat the oil for the crmb topping over medium heat, then add the breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, and chili pesto.
• Cook, stirring continually until the breadcrumbs begin to color, 3 to 4 minutes. Set aside.
• Drain, reserving a cup of pasta water and return the pasta to the pot.
• Add half the sauce mixture, reserving the rest for another day.
• Add the cup of water and stir over high heat until the pasta is coated in the sauce.
• Stir in the chopped parsley.
• Divide the pasta into individual bowls, and top with crumb topping.
• Offer the grated cheese at the table.

CARAMELIZED SHALLOT PASTA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large heavy-bottomed Dutch oven over medium high. Add shallots and thinly sliced garlic, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the shallots have become totally softened and caramelized with golden-brown fried edges, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add red-pepper flakes and anchovies. (No need to chop the anchovies; they will dissolve on their own.) Stir to melt the anchovies into the shallots, about 2 minutes.
• Add tomato paste and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly to prevent any scorching, until the tomato paste has started to cook in the oil a bit, caramelizing at the edges and going from bright red to a deeper brick red color, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer about half the mixture to a resealable container, leaving the rest behind. (These are your leftovers to be used elsewhere: in another batch of pasta or smeared onto roasted vegetables, spooned over fried eggs or spread underneath crispy chicken thighs.)
• To serve, cook pasta according to package instructions in a large pot of salted boiling water until very al dente (perhaps more al dente than usual). Transfer to Dutch oven with remaining shallot mixture (or a skillet if you are using the leftover portion) and 1 cup pasta water. Cook over medium-high heat, swirling the skillet to coat each piece of pasta, using a wooden spoon or spatula to scrape up any bits on the bottom, until pasta is thick and sauce has reduced and is sticky, but not saucy, 3 to 5 minutes.
• In a small bowl, combine parsley and finely chopped garlic clove, and season with flaky salt and pepper. Divide pasta among bowls, or transfer to one large serving bowl, and top with parsley mixture and a bit more red-pepper flakes, if you like.

CARAMELIZED GARLIC AND SHALLOT PASTA

Steps:

• Heat butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add shallots and garlic cloves, stirring to coat. Sprinkle with sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, and the pepper, and stir to combine. Cook until very soft and golden, about 1 hour, adding water 2 tablespoons at a time if the pan seems dry.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer garlic and shallots to a bowl, and set aside. Add chicken stock, and bring to a boil, using a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits from the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is reduced by one quarter, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat, return garlic and shallots to pan, and keep warm while cooking pasta.
• Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes.
• Drain pasta, and return to saucepan. Stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, reserved garlic and shallots, and sauce. Cut basil leaves into thin strips. Divide the pasta and sauce among six serving bowls, and serve immediately garnished with basil and shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano.

THAT'S SHALLOTA FLAVOR SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Heat the extra-virgin olive oil with the butter over medium-low heat in a skillet with high sides. Add garlic and shallots and season with salt and pepper then cook gently until caramelized about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile heat a large pot of water to boil for pasta, salt the water very liberally then add spaghetti and bring to a rolling boil. Cook to al dente. Add 2 ladles of starchy cooking water, about 1 cup, to the shallots and stir. Drain pasta and add to shallots. Add the parsley and cheese and more black pepper, to taste. Toss 1 to 2 minutes for liquid to absorb and serve. WOW! Talk about yum-o!

CARAMELIZED ONION PASTA

Steps:

• Heat oil and butter in a large heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium until butter is melted. Add onions and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until very tender and deeply golden brown, about 30 minutes. (Stop before the onions become dry and shriveled.) Add red pepper flakes (if using) and 1 1/2 tsp. salt. Remove pot from heat.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Reserve 1 1/2 cups pasta cooking liquid.
• Add pasta and 1 cup pasta cooking liquid to onion mixture and stir to combine. Add a small handful of cheese and stir until melted. Repeat with remaining cheese, adding more pasta cooking liquid as needed to create a glossy sauce that coats the pasta. Stir in parsley (if using).
• Divide pasta among bowls. Top with Parmesan, parsley, and a few cranks of pepper.

CRISPY SHALLOTS AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Add the shallots and oil to a large saucepan. Cook over high heat, stirring occasionally, until the oil bubbles intensely, about 7 minutes; turn heat to medium-low to maintain a spirited simmer. 6 minutes later, add the garlic. Cook, stirring often, and more frequently as it darkens, until the shallots turn from sticky to fluffy and medium golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes later.
• Strain, keeping the oil, and drain the shallots and garlic in one layer on a paper-towel-lined baking sheet. Season with salt, and let cool until crisp. Fried chips will hold in an airtight container for 3 days, or for 2 months in the refrigerator. The oil, which is great for dressings or drizzling, holds for 2 months in the refrigerator.

CARAMELIZED SHALLOT AND CHICKEN FETTUCCINI

Steps:

• Heat up 2 tablespoons of the oil and the butter in a large high sided skillet or and electric skillet to medium low. I found that the electric skillet was easier to use and freed up space on the stove top.
• Add the garlic to the skillet and let it start to turn brown.
• Add the sliced shallots to the skillet and hit them with some kosher salt and black pepper. About a teaspoon each. Let this cook over a low heat until the shallots get some nice dark color. You want sweet and sticky.
• While the shallots are cooking, heat up the other tablespoon of oil in a large skillet over a medium high heat.
• Toss the chopped chicken with the seasoning salt until it's evenly coated. Add the chicken to the heated pan.
• Cook the chicken until it's got some good color, add 1/4 cup white wine and let it it cook down.
• Do you have a pot of well salted water on for the pasta? If not, go ahead and get that. Please add a at least 2 tablespoons of salt to about 1 gallon of water. You'll thank me later.
• By this time, the shallots should be coming along nicely. Throw the chicken in there with them and deglaze the chicken pan over a low heat with the rest of the wine. Scrape all the stuff off the bottom of the pan and set that aside.
• When the pasta is not quite done. By this I mean, if you take a bite out of a noodle and think " 1 or 2 more minutes will do", it's ready. (it's gonna finish cooking in the skillet with the rest of the stuff.
• Be sure to save about 3 cups of the pasta water before you dump the pasta to strain it. When you strain the pasta, don't rinse it. Just shake the excess water off and throw it back in the pot.
• Add you chicken pan deglazing broth to the skillet and turn the heat up to medium. add 2 cups of the pasta water and give it a good stir.
• Add the pasta to the skillet and toss well. Add the rest of the pasta water if you think it looks a little too dry.
• Add the Parmesan cheese and toss some more.
• At this point you could add the parsley if you're using it. I find it adds a nice "freshness" to the dish, but it's not a make or break ingredient.

CARAMELIZED SHALLOTS

Steps:

• In a heavy-based saucepan, heat the butter with the sugar until the sugar has melted.
• Add the shallots and mix well.
• Add the stock and wine, bring to the boil, reduce the heat to very low, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes over a low heat, stirring now and then.
• Uncover the pan and simmer for a further 10 minutes until the shallots are tender and glazed.
• For Vegetarian use only the vegetable stock.