{"id":19070,"date":"2018-09-17T06:22:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T06:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=19070"},"modified":"2018-09-17T06:22:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T06:22:13","slug":"speck-spinach-ricotta-ravioli-peperoncino-tomato-basil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=19070","title":{"rendered":"speck; spinach &#038; ricotta ravioli, peperoncino, tomato, basil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19073\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/speck_greens_bread.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a night off for the cook, or at least a night when he didn&#8217;t have to think much, or juggle a lot of ingredients.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>three ounces of excellent Iowa\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/laquercia.us\/cuts_ham_speck_americano\">La Quercia \u2019Speck Americano\u2019<\/a> from Whole Foods, drizzled with a very small amount of\u00a0a good Campania olive oil (Lamparelli O.R.O.)<\/li>\n<li>accompanied by a bit of red (wild?) cress from Dave Harris at Max Creek Hatchery, and a few stems of parsley from\u00a0Alex&#8217;s Tomato Farm, the greens seasoned with Maldon salt and a freshly-ground strong black pepper, and dressed with the same oil and a few drops of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acetodibarolo.it\/\">Cesare Giaccone aceto<\/a> vino bianco, made from a mixture of white wines from Langhe<\/li>\n<li>slices of She Wolf Bakery miche<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The main course was almost as simple.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19076\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/spinach_riotta_rav_tomatoe-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>two bruised and halved rocambole garlic cloves from Keith&#8217;s Farm and 2 small whole\u00a0<em>peperoncini Calabresi secchi<\/em>\u00a0from Buon Italia, heated inside a large vintage high-sided copper pot in olive oil until both garlic and peppers were pungent, a little sea salt and some freshly-ground pepper added, one sliced red heirloom tomato\u00a0from Stokes Farm slipped into the pot and stirred in the now quite pungent oil before a 12-ounce package\u00a0of cooked (for exactly 2 minutes) Rana\u00a0<em>spinaci e ricotta<\/em>\u00a0ravioli from Eataly was introduced into the pan, everything carefully mixed then stirred with most of one cup of reserved pasta water until the liquid had emulsified, transferred to shallow bowls and scattered with torn leaves of a basil plant from Two Guys from Woodbridge<\/li>\n<li>the wine was an Argentinian (Lujan de Cuyo) ros\u00e9,\u00a0<a class=\"anchor__anchor--2QZvA winePageHeader__region--3ltBi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vivino.com\/wine-regions\/lujan-de-cuyo\">Lujan de Cuyo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>the music was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Handel-Hercules-Musical-Drama-Three\/dp\/B00005YVOR\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=hoggardwagner-20&amp;linkId=a781516d1999d35fcf582375d77a7573&amp;language=en_US\">Handel&#8217;s &#8216;Hercules, a Musical Drama in Three Acts&#8217;<\/a> composed in 1744, Marc Minkowski directing\u00a0<a title=\"Les Musiciens du Louvre\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Musiciens_du_Louvre\">Les Musiciens du Louvre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a night off for the cook, or at least a night when he didn&#8217;t have to think much, or juggle a lot of ingredients. three ounces of excellent Iowa\u00a0La Quercia \u2019Speck Americano\u2019 from Whole Foods, drizzled with a very small amount of\u00a0a good Campania olive oil (Lamparelli O.R.O.) accompanied by a bit of 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