#casarecce

Casarecce - Temporary Score: 7

Description: loosely twisted, looks like a scroll, "homemade"

First Take Points: 5 - i made a thin spicy red sauce for this pasta, and it was PERFECT. the little scroll roll up relaxes slightly when you cook it, so sauce gets all up in the scroll rolls is a saucy delight.

Remix Bonus Points: 1 - i also threw a handful of this pasta in a 3-bean salad at the last minute (needed to stretch that meal) and it was good, HOWEVER, because of the scrolly rolly nature of this noodle, it is best suited for sauce-heavy dishes.

Amusement Points: 3 - if you haven't noticed by my notes so far, i am pretty tickled with the fact that this pasta resembles a scroll, or a poster that you're trying to hold up to see but it keeps rolling up on you so you have to recruit friends and then you feel committed to the poster because you needed so much help for it and this is why there is a print of a 17th century map of france in the basement. but the pasta is cool too! this was a brand new one for me, and now i feel like i see it everywhere, which is probably confirmation bias, but still makes me feel superior, as if i "discovered" it before the world at large.

Annoyance Deductions: 2 - because it's all rolled up on either side you do have to take care to cook it all the way. i prefer fully cooked to al dente, and this guy is defintely not an al dente guy.

2020.8.18

◯メニュー

セミドライトマトのトマトソースとボロネーゼのハーフ&ハーフカサレッチェパスタ

カツオのたたきのカルパッチョ

枝豆

BROCCOLI PESTO PASTA WITH CHICKPEA CASARECCE

Follow for recipes

Lightly fried eggplant makes this pasta dish a vegetarian delight.

Barilla® Collezione Casarecce with Fried Eggplant, Tomatoes, Olives and Basil