Comfort Foods

The weather is turning chillier here, and for some strange reason, I was craving a bowl of cheesy grits. Since I am a northerner, grits isn’t in the northern food culture. I became familiar with them after being in the military. 

Yesterday I went to the store specifically to buy grits & semolina for the day’s experiments. 

So yesterday I made a batch and served it with scrambled eggs and breakfast sausage. 

When that didn’t make me feel cozy enough, I made tagliatelle for the first time. 

Not bad for my first attempt. I dressed it in browned butter w/hazelnuts, parm, and fresh parsley & sage, and managed to sneak some nutmeg into the dough. 

The ratios for the dough:

1 C Semolina

1 C Flour (I used a Chinese flour specifically for noodles but APF would work)

2 Eggs

1/2 Cup canned pumpkin

Pinch salt

2 Pinches nutmeg

1-2 T olive oil

No further instructions will be provided by me, as it all is pretty obvious. Cook time 3 min. 

Note: This probably would play nice like spaetzel shaved or cut into a pot of boiling water.