{"id":20754,"date":"2019-01-20T02:14:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T02:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=20754"},"modified":"2019-01-20T02:14:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T02:14:45","slug":"emmer-reginetti-shallot-celery-olive-pinoli-buffalo-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=20754","title":{"rendered":"emmer reginetti, shallot, celery, olive, pinoli; buffalo cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20772\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/emmer_reginetti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve found it impossible to serve anything but a delicious meal when I use one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfoglini.com\/\">Sfoglini<\/a>&#8216;s local artisanal pastas.<\/p>\n<p>While they each have great individual flavors of their own, they can also be canvases inviting a cook to be as creative as possible with whatever might be in the kitchen, and sometimes the smallest additions can be the most effective.<\/p>\n<p>These packages (half of a box is enough for an entr\u00e9e serving 2 people) are also among the easiest and least expensive entr\u00e9es of any kind to prepare, although, especially with the simplest additions, in smaller portions, they are also perfect as appetizers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>eight ounces of Sfoglini emmer reginetti (organic emmer flour, organic durum semolina flour, water), also known as\u00a0<em>mafaldine<\/em>, or \u2018little queens\u2019, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grownyc.org\/grains\">the Greenmarket Regional Grains Project<\/a> in the Union Square Greenmarket, cooked barely al dente, some of the water reserved, drained, added to a large high-sided antique copper pot in which a sliced medium Camelot shallot from Quarton Farm and the chopped stem sections of a few small celery stalks from Philipps Farms had been heated in a little olive oil over a medium flame until they had softened and become fragrant, a dozen or so pitted and halved Gaeta olives from Buon Italia in the Chelsea Market and a pinch of gorgeous (dried) hickory smoked Jamaican Scotch bonnet peppers from Eckerton Hill Farm added, generously seasoned with freshly-ground black pepper, the mix stirred over high heat, along with almost 3 quarters of a cup of reserved pasta water, for a minute or so, or until the liquid had emulsified, some of the roughly-chopped celery leaves mixed in, arranged inside shallow bowls, sprinkled with some lightly-toasted pine nuts, also from Buon Italia, garnished with purple\u00a0micro radish from\u00a0Two Guys from Woodbridge, a little olive oil drizzled around the edges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There was a small cheese course with a big cheese.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20773\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/new_washed_rind_Riverine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>another excellent\u00a0new cheese from <a href=\"http:\/\/riverineranch.com\/index.html\">Riverine Ranch<\/a>: lightly-washed-rind buffalo milk semi soft cheese, without a name, described by Brian, the cheesemaker, as like a Munster or havarti, and in development, which probably means this particular wheel is a one-off<\/li>\n<li>thin slices of a great treat from an interesting Philadelphia bakery new to the Union Square Greenmarket, and to us, &#8216;Table Bread&#8217; from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostbreadco.com\/\">Lost Bread Company<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the wine throughout was an Italian (Chianti) red,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flatiron-wines.com\/farnetella-chianti-colli-senesi-2015\">Farnetella, Chianti Colli Senesi 2015<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/flatiron-wines.com\/\">Flatiron Wines<\/a><\/li>\n<li>the music throughout was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkivmusic.com\/classical\/Name\/Allan-Jones\/Performer\/14010-2\">Donizetti&#8217;s 1840 <em>op\u00e9ra comique<\/em>, &#8216;La Fille Du R\u00e9giment&#8217; Richard Bonynge conducting the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus<\/a>, with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve found it impossible to serve anything but a delicious meal when I use one of Sfoglini&#8216;s local artisanal pastas. 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