Garden-Style Straw and Hay Pasta with Bagna Cauda Sauce

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Total Time:
9 hr 0 min
Prep
30 min
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Cook
30 min
Yield:
4 to 6 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 2 bulbs hardneck garlic (about 24 cloves), cloves separated and skin left on
  • Sea salt
  • A couple handfuls each of assorted farm-fresh vegetables: asparagus, baby golden beets, baby carrots, baby zucchini, cauliflower or purple cauliflower, haricots verts, pattypan squash and/or sugar snap peas (1 1/2 to 2 pounds total)
  • 1/4 cup EVOO
  • Two 2-ounce tins or one 4-ounce jar good-quality flat anchovy fillets, drained
  • 1 pint heavy cream or half-and-half
  • 1/2 stick butter (4 tablespoons)
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 8 ounces egg pasta, such as tagliatelle
  • 8 ounces spinach pasta, such as tagliatelle
  • 1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped

Directions

Bring a small pot of water to a low boil, then add the garlic and simmer for 20 minutes. Let cool, then drain, peel and mash into a paste. Season with sea salt.

Bring a few inches of water to a boil in a large pot and season with salt. Fill a large bowl with ice water. Cut the vegetables into similar shapes and sizes but keep them separate. Blanch the vegetables, one kind at a time, until tender-crisp. Delicate vegetables like thin beans will take 1 to 2 minutes, firmer vegetables like squash will take 3 minutes. After each batch, transfer them to the ice bath to cool using a spider or a small strainer. Drain well.

Heat the EVOO in a small pot over medium heat. Add the anchovies and stir until they break down and melt into the oil. Add the heavy cream, butter and garlic paste, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until thickened. Let the sauce cool, then transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate overnight (or longer).

Bring a large pot of water to a boil for the pasta and season with salt. Add the pasta and cook until al dente, 7 to 8 minutes. Add the vegetables in the last 2 minutes of cooking to reheat them. Reheat the bagna cauda sauce in a saucepan over medium-low heat.

Toss the pasta and vegetables with the sauce and the parsley. Season with salt and pepper.

Cook's Note: You can blanch the vegetables ahead of time. Store them in a resealable plastic bag in the refrigerator.

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  • on March 24, 2013

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    I have to give this five stars for the fantastic flavor. Outragous. I think I may have done something wrong though in making the sauce. It broke a little so I may have brought it to a boil when I shouldn't have, also the 1/4 cup of EVOO and 1/2 stick of butter made it a bit oily. I would cut done on the butter and oil a bit next time. So yummy thought that I was dipping bread in it while I was waiting for the pasta and veggies to cook!

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