{"id":10899,"date":"2014-09-17T04:00:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=10899"},"modified":"2023-06-26T07:12:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T11:12:10","slug":"pasta-with-melon-you-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=10899","title":{"rendered":"Pasta with Melon? You Bet!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"melon<\/a><\/p>\n

My friend Michael Collins accompanied me to my most recent TV appearance. Michael and his partner Tony, an artist, were the owners and hosts at one of my family\u2019s favorite western Massachusetts eateries, the Green Emporium<\/a> in Colrain.<\/span><\/p>\n

That restaurant closed a couple of years ago, but they are hoping to reopen in a new location, and they want to keep Michael\u2019s work as a chef in the public eye. So he made the main course for our gig on Mass Appeal,<\/em><\/a> and I put together the dessert.<\/span><\/p>\n

His dish was absolutely fabulous. I would never have thought of pairing fresh local melon (or any melon, for that matter) with pasta, but the sweetness of the melon with the acid of Michael\u2019s tomato sauce really worked. (The cream didn\u2019t hurt, either.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Michael\u2019s recipe appears below (thank you, Michael, for sharing it), along with the video of his segment. I\u2019m afraid my face disappears behind my hat somewhere in the middle of the segment, but he looked fine, and that\u2019s all that matters.<\/span><\/p>\n

But before we get to the recipe, I want to announce that we have a winner for the Yummy Yammy<\/a> salsa giveaway\u2014Peter from Connecticut. Thanks to all of you who left comments on my last post.<\/span><\/p>\n

On to Michael\u2019s triumph\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Tinky<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael\u2019s Pasta with Melon and Tomatoes<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

1 local cantaloupe, peeled and seeded
\nbutter and olive oil as needed for saut\u00e9ing
\nthe juice of 1\/2 lemon
\nsea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
\n1 pint heavy cream
\napproximately 4 cups marinara sauce, pureed
\ngrated Parmigiano Reggiano, fresh basil, and freshly ground pepper\u00a0for garnish<\/span><\/p>\n

Instructions:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Cut the melon into 1-inch chunks. Saut\u00e9 it very briefly in butter and olive oil. Add the lemon juice, the salt, the pepper, and the cream. Stir in marinara sauce until the whole concoction is a pretty pink, more or less the color of the melon. (You\u2019ll probably want about 3 cups here.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Cook for a few minutes to reduce the sauce slightly. Serve over the pasta of your choice. Garnish with cheese and basil, and grind pepper\u00a0over all.\u00a0Have the extra marinara sauce warm at the table in case it\u2019s wanted. Serves 4 to 6.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the video:<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

And here’s the clip of my dessert, a peach cobbler. The recipe appears elsewhere on this blog<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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