una pasta veloce per cena numero 254: il riepilogo

Presto Pasta Nights #254: the roundup

It's Friday and therefore it's time to share the pasta dishes that I have received in my inbox throughout the week — links and photos, of course, though I certainly wish someone could figure out a way to receive actual tasting samples.

 Without further ado, here is the roundup of edition #254 of Presto Pasta Nights, the popular event created by Ruth of Once Upon a Feast. For each contribution, I will give you the official information (author, blog name and post title) and a short quote or brief description — a teaser that invites you to follow the link to read the relevant post.

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Abby of eat the right stuff prepared pizzoccheri (traditional buckwheat pasta from Valtellina)
With spinach, potatoes and cheese, "the resulting dish is rich, creamy but with surprisingly delicate layers of flavour."

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Johanna of Green Gourmet Giraffe shares with us Cheesy Cauliflower and Bean Pasta
A quick weeknight dish inspired by a cauliflower asking for attention turns out "surprisingly good" and it gets recorded on the blog.

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tigerfish of Teczcape - An Escape to Food presents Seaweed Sweet Corn Miso Udon Noodle Soup
"The big NO NO in miso soup: DO NOT BOIL miso as boiling alters the fresh miso flavor, and destroys beneficial enzymes and microorganisms."

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Tandy of Lavender and Lime shares with us Red tomato and capsicum pasta sauce
"With no pasta and no potatoes 5 days a week, each pasta dish has to be something special. I can promise, this one is."

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Francy of Burro e Zucchero prepared Risotto with arugula and walnut pesto
"A super fast recipe (you can prepare the pesto in advance, as I did!)... I have cooked, photographed, eaten it and back to work in 45 minutes (my lunch break)."

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Alisha of Cook. Craft. Enjoy. presents Quick Tortellini Alfredo
"This recipe was almost one of desparation... I grabbed a package of frozen tortellini and this dish was born. The most amazing thing about it?  It was delicious."

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Ruth of Once Upon a Feast prepared Sweet & Spicy Butternut Squash & Chorizo Pasta
    A little butternut squash goes a long way. Combined with cured chorizo sausage and woody cremini mushrooms it makes a great pasta dish.

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Heather of Girlichef shares with us Chicken Spaghetti
A dish of comfort food from a book reviewed inspires a rendition with ingredients at hand and the family is pleased with the result.

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Ruth of Makey-Cackey prepared "Carbonara"
"Intrigued how far the dairy free substitution can be taken... I turned my attention to Carbonara. And the results were surprisingly good!"

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Simona of briciole (your host for this week) presents frittata di pasta
"This is not so much a recipe as a recycling approach. The frittata is a bit different every time, depending on the base pasta and possible additions, usually cheese."

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And that concludes my roundup, which will be added to all the previous Presto Pasta Nights roundups and continue the lovely tradition started by Ruth of Once Upon a Feast.

As you read this, edition #255 is already under way, hosted by Alisha of Cook. Craft. Enjoy.. To participate, send your entries to desertmemories (at) hotmail (dot) com and cc ruth (at) 4everykitchen (dot) com by Thursday March 16.

Many thanks to all who contributed to produce an interesting collection of pasta dishes for this edition of Presto Pasta Nights. I do hope I have not left anybody out of the roundup. If you find that, notwithstanding my best intentions, I actually have omitted a post, please send me a note.

Arrivederci a presto

Comments

[Heather @girlichef]

Delicious roundup...I don't know where to begin! Thanks for bringing them all together, Simona :D

[Ruth]

I agree with Heather - a delicious roundup and great hosting job! Thanks so much for being such a terrific PPNer.

[Simona Carini]

Thank you, Heather and Ruth, for your kind words. I am glad you enjoyed the roundup.

[Francy]

Sei una grande organizzatrice, il riepilogo è bellissimo.. oopss non avevo tradotto rucola!!! grazie grazie grazie e alla prossima!! bacioni!

[Johanna GGG]

a delight to read and when they find the software or magic that allows us to taste each dish I will be queuing for a taste - they all sound so delicious

[tigerfish]

Thanks for the round up! Now, I wish for some tasting samples too.

[Simona Carini]

Ciao Francy e grazie. Diciamo che ho imparato ad organizzarmi bene e poi davvero mi piace ospitare eventi.

Hi Johanna. We need some sort of transporter to do a virtual pot-luck.

Hi tigerfish. We definitely need to figure something out in this regard.