Photo: Egg Pasta with Leeks Recipe
Ingredients
- Kosher salt
- 1 pound egg tagliatelle or egg fettuccine
- 4 large leeks, trimmed
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup white wine
- 3 egg yolks
- Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, for topping
Directions
Place a large pot of water on the stove to boil. Salt the water, and then cook the pasta to al dente, reserving 1 cup of cooking liquid before draining.
Meanwhile, fill a large bowl or sink with cold water, slice the leeks lengthwise, and then slice into 1/2-inch thick pieces. Wash the leeks, separating all the layers, and drain on a kitchen towel.
Heat the extra-virgin olive oil and butter over medium heat, add the leeks, and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the leeks are tender and soft, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add the wine and stir. In a small bowl, beat the egg yolks and temper with the reserved hot starchy cooking water. Add the tempered eggs to the sauce. Add the pasta to the leek sauce and toss to combine for 2 minutes, or until a sauce forms and coats the pasta. Top with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and serve.
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By koosekoose
on February 06, 2013
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This recipes is wonderful! As long as you make sure to save plenty of pasta water, you should be able get it to the right consistency. You also have to make sure that you take a little time to really work the egg and pasta water through. Just a couple minutes! If you show it some love... You will love it!
By VBallGal
Alexandria, VA
on April 01, 2012
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First round, thought it was a little dry and didn't add enough pasta water to temper the yolks... With the left overs, sauteed mushrooms with garlic and crushed red pepper then added the cold pasta and leeks. Heated some chicken broth to temper another yolk...added some dry white wine after pasta heated through, then the tempered egg yolk...nice main course! For a Spring outdoor meal!
By wglock
on March 29, 2012
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Very easy recipie to make gluten free. Just use gluten free pasta. Kind of difficult to make along with the other recipie from the same episode, but I still enjoied cooking it. It's also an easy, simple, prep ahead type of meal.
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