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Cheesy, Garlicky, Chicken Pasta and Looney Summer Salad

June 25, 2017 By Morgan

Murray's Cheese in Cooking with Coyote Flameware Cazuela

I recently proclaimed that I have been in a bit of a cooking rut. But that’s all about to change, because each week for the remainder of the summer we’ll get our CSA share from Loon Organics.

I look forward to the box of freshly picked veggies each week. And there’s a fun adventure packed in each box….what will you do with the medley of fresh produce? You have 7-12 days to use the treats, so you have to craft your meals around the weekly bounty.

Tonight, a cool 58°F with rain in the distance, seemed like a great night for a hardy pasta dish. And we had the perfect ingredients to make a masterpiece.

A couple weeks ago we were in NYC for a wedding and we went to Murray’s Cheese Shop in the Village. I had a gift certificate with $100 burning up a hole in my pocket. We were able to have lunch for three at the Melts sandwich bar and then we brought home eight stunning, stinky, scrumptious cheeses.

Making rue in Clay Coyote Flameware Cazuela on the stovetopSide note: Seriously, we got a cooler, froze a few sausages from Harlem Shambles and then put the cheese on top. We had the smelliest carryon bag. Sorry fellow passengers. We’ll pretty much do anything for good cheese.

Back to dinner tonight.

First, up we made a rue in our Clay Coyote Flameware Cazuela. Then we added three of the cheeses from Murray’s. We went for two super soft and stinky French treats: Preferes de nos Montagnes and Brillat-Savarin. And a touch of super rare Parmigiano Reggiano aged 5 Years.

Second, we made a basil, garlic scape, pine nut pesto and covered two boneless skinless chicken breasts in the mixture.

Grilled chicken for Clay Coyote Flameware Cazuela dish

While the cheese was melting into a perfect sauce we were boiling pasta (rigatoni) and grilling pesto chicken.

Once the chicken was almost done we brought it in, sliced it up. Then we mixed the pasta into the cheese sauce. And laid the chicken over the top. A little sprinkle of panko and into the oven at 375°F for 20 mins.

While the cheesy chicken was in the oven, we made up a Looney Salad. Fresh greens, sweet hot house tomatoes, carrots, radishes, and finished it off with a couple crunchy croutons and a balsamic vinaigrette.

Cheese Sauce: 

1 tablespoon butter, melted

Cheesy, Garlicky, Chicken Pasta in Oven with Clay Coyote Flameware Cazuela

1 tablespoon flour

3/4 cup 1% milk

3-5 oz soft cheese

Melt butter, blend in flour, let brown, add milk and whisk, add cheese and simmer on low, whisk until fully incorporated.

Garlic Scape Pesto: 

2 garlic scapes

handful basil

2 tablespoons pine nuts

1 tablespoon olive oil

pinch of sea salt

Add scapes, basil, pine nuts, and salt to food processor. Blend. Add olive oil until pesto like consistency.

Cooking with the Clay Coyote Flameware Cazuela

 

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Filed Under: Foodie News, Our Story, Potter's Life, Recipes, The Studio Tagged With: cazuela, Cheese, cooking with clay, flameware, garlic, grilled chicken, loon organics, Murray's Cheese, Pasta, Sunday night dinner

Straw and Hay Alforno

February 5, 2010 By claycoyote

This recipe is from Paula Wolfert’s Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking book- It has layers of flavor, subtle texture, and the Alforno 3smell makes my stomach growl!!!

This was my first attempt at one of her recipes, and I think it turned out great! She makes recipes easy to follow. (I shortened the explanations below) (Contributed by Valerie Spicer)

Ingredients:
3 baby artichokes
2 oz. fresh wild mushrooms, preferably trumpet
2 T Extra Virgin Olive Oil
salt & freshly ground pepper
2 T finely chopped white onion
2 garlic cloves mashed
2 oz. flavorful cooked ham, cut into 1/2″ dice
3/4 c heavy cream
3/4 milk
1/8 t freshly grated nutmeg
1/3 c plus 2 T freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
4oz dried egg noodles… 1/2 spinach 1/ plain

I used my Clay Coyote Cazuela for this recipe.

I preheated the oven to 400 degrees first.

1. Wash artichokes, trim stems, remove tough outer leaves. Boil in salted water until tender (10 minutes) Immediately drain, cool, and press out excess moisture. Wrap in paper towels and set aside.

2. Coat the bottom of your cazuela with 1 Tbsp  Olive Oil and set it over low heat. When oil is warm, add the mushrooms. Cover and let steam 3-4 minutes. Uncover, raise to med. heat and saute until they have expressed all their moisture and begin to caramelize. Transfer them to a side dish, and set cazuela aside.

3. SAlforno 1lice artichokes lengthwise and lightly salt and pepper

4. Add last Tbsp Olive Oil to cazuela and set over med. heat. Add onion and cook until caramelized (10 min.) Add garlic, ham, artichokes, and mushrooms. Cook 3-5 more minutes or until garlic is toasted.

5. In small saucepan, heat the cream and milk until hot. Season with nutmeg salt and pepper. Pour the seasoned milk and cream into the cazuela and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and stir in 1/3 c cheese, let stand.

Alforno 26. Cook pasta until tender in a large pot with salted water. Use one of Clay Coyote’s colanders to drain the pasta. Next add noodles to the cazeula, stir to coat noodles with sauce. Scatter the rest of the cheese on top.

7. Bake on top third of the oven 15-20 min. or until cheese is golden brown.

 

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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: alforno, cazuela, Mediterranean Diet, Pasta, paula wolfert

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