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Vermicelli with Ricotta Cream Sauce

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Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 16 ingredients

  1. Whipped cream
  2. 2 tb Chives; snipped OR
  3. 1 1/2 c Part-skim ricotta cheese; room temperature
  4. Water
  5. 2 ts Italian parsley; minced for garnish
  6. 1/2 ts White pepper; freshly grated
  7. 12 oz Vermicelli
  8. 1/4 c Italian parsley leaves; well packed
  9. 1 ts Lemon rind; grated
  10. 1/2 c Skim milk; room temperature
  11. Cream sauce
  12. 2 tb Imported Parmesan cheese; freshly grated
  13. Pasta
  14. 2 tb Top part of green scallion
  15. 1/4 ts Coarse salt; optional
  16. 1/4 ts Nutmeg; freshly grated
Contains GlutenEggsMilk Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Blending hot liquid. Let it cool a little first, fill the blender no more than a third, and hold the lid down with a folded towel. Start on the lowest speed. A stick blender in the pan is safer.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. In food processor, place ricotta cheese, milk, Parmesan cheese, lemon rind, nutmeg, snipped chives, parsley, salt, and pepper. Process until chives are finely minced and ricotta has the texture of lightly whipped cream, about 45 seconds. Cook pasta in 6 quarts boiling water with 2 tsp. coarse salt (optional) until al dente. Drain pasta and return to pot in which it was boiled. Quickly toss pasta with the cream sauce. Transfer to 4 pasta bowls. Garnish each with 1/2 tsp. parsley and serve.
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Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Food processor
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Grater
  • Colander
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Credit

Saved from geocities.ws (http://geocities.ws/MM119501.MMF), file Recipes/geocities.ws/MM119501.MMF in the Internet Archive item cooking-recipes (https://archive.org/details/cooking-recipes).

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