Steak Fettuccine with Roasted Red Pepper Alfredo Sauce. For the steak: In a small bowl, combine Worcestershire, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper and stir until blended. Pour over both sides of the steaks and let marinate for at least 30 minutes. Cook steaks using desired cooking method until done. Thinly slice on an angle. For the pasta: Preheat oven to 425ºF. On a baking sheet, toss red pepper wedges with a light drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper and spread in a single layer.
Roast for 18-20 minutes until peppers are tender and slightly charred. Remove from the oven and in a food processor or blender, add roasted red peppers and blend until pureed. In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Toss sauce with fettuccine, reserving a small amount for drizzling. Top fettuccine with sliced steak and sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Toasted Ravioli. Bacon and Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese. Cruft: Lasagna Cupcakes.
When Intelligentsia Coffee opened in Pasadena recently, I was intrigued the lasagna cupcakes they served. The cupcakes are made by Heirloom LA, a catering business. About the size of a muffin, a single lasagna cupcake was a delicious meal. After seeing how much my daughter enjoyed them (she ate my entire cupcake and I had to order a second one), I decided I had to try making them at home. After a bit of research, here is my method. The girls love them and take them to school as lunch. The ingredients are fairly simple. Spray or wipe the cupcake tin with olive oil for prevent sticking and add a little flavor. Once you filled in the first layer, gently press another wrapper in, forming another cup. Once you've placed the second wrapper, repeat the filling as you see fit. A bit of Mozzarella cheese on top of it all. I baked them for 20 minutes at 375° F and then come out perfectly browned. You can do pretty much anything you want as filling from more meats to a vegan version.
Jersey Girl Cooks: Mini Lasagna Cups or 12 Minute Lasagna! Lasagna has to be one of my family’s favorite meals. Maybe not my son’s but we’re not going to talk about his favorite boxed mac and cheese today. I have always reserved this special dish for holidays and weekends because making it can be time consuming. Well not any more! This week I made these cute mini lasagnas which were baked in 12 minutes flat. Last week I happened to be cruising the food blogosphere when I ran into Petite Lasagnas on Can You Stay for Dinner?. If you would like to lighten up these lasagnas, you can use low fat ricotta, low fat mozzarella cheese and veggie or turkey meat sauce. All week I have been dreaming about the different mini lasagnas I can make. When making these, make sure to spray your muffin tin well. Mini Lasagna Cups (inspired by Petite Lasagnas from Can You Stay For Dinner?) Cooking spray 1/2 cup ricotta cheese 1 small egg, beaten 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 2 tsp Italian seasoning, divided 24 wonton wrappers ( I used Nasoya) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
LaSaGnA TiMpAnO. I went to see tUnE-yArDs on Monday night with some friends, and as always we wanted to cook a meal that somehow related to the show we were heading to. Sometimes this is hard to do, but other times it seems to come naturally. Finding culinary inspiration in Merrill's lyrics seemed like it would be tough, but my sister knew what she wanted to make without hesitation. "How about something layered, because of all the vocal and instrument layering in the music? " From there we worked together to come up with this deep, colorful, and multi-flavored lasagna version of a timpano. If you are using words like deep, colorful, and multi-flavored to describe something inspired by tUnE-yArDs, you already know you got it right! Start by making a lasagna crust.
Finally got it together. Now it's easy, just start building the layers! Alfredo sauce with some salami goes first. After 3 alfredo layers, I switched to pesto. A cheese only layer, just for fun. Tomato sauce is last. All sealed up. After baking.