Sunday, April 11, 2010

Best pasta in the world

This recipe is probably the most incredible pasta I've ever had in my life. This is a creation by my culinary genius brother Daniel. Not all ingredients are available here in the US, but you can be creative and still get a very similar taste. I have videos of this with more specific info. If you're really interested in making this, let me know and I'll get you the exact measurements. This would feed 4 Fernandos, or 6 normal people. Hope this makes you as hungry as it's making me right now.
Here are the ingredients:
- 1 box of linguini pasta
- 2 small cans tomato paste
- 2 cubes of bacon bullion (if you can't find it, use some bacon grease)
- 2 small onions
- Ground beef (I don't know how much, but as much meat as you want)
- 5-7 roma tomatoes, seeded
- 1 can table cream (find it in the Mexican food isle)
- Requeijao (Brazilian cream cheese) - maybe replace it with some cream cheese
- Garlic
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Butter
- Parmesan cheese


Boil the water with some olive oil and salt
Add the pasta and cook it until al dente

Dice the onions

Melt some butter and add some olive oil to it

Add the onion to the oil and butter and cook it until yellow


Add the garlic to the onion

Start working on the tomatoes.


Cut them in 4s and then dice them small.


Add the ground beef to the onions and garlic.

Brown the ground beef with the lid closed for about 10 minutes or so. Make sure it doesn't burn.

Cut the bacon bullion into small pieces.

Add the bullion to the cooking meat.

Your meat should start looking like this after about 10 minutes.

Add the tomato paste to the cooked meat.

Add a couple of cans (tomato paste can) of water and keep boiling

Add the diced tomatoes to the mixture.

Let it boil for about 10 or 20 minutes (I can't remember exactly...)

After a little bit, add the tomato sauce (about 1 can of regular tomato sauce)

Add about half a cup of requeijao

The sauce should start looking like this.

Turn it off and add the can of table cream.

Add the sauce on top of the pasta and grate some cheese on top of it.

Enjoy it with some Guarana and eat until you pass out.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Brazil

So last week I got to go home and spend some time with the family. I had a wonderful time seeing everyone and meeting family members I had never met before. The food was glorious. I absolutely loved the amazing gluttonous moments I had there. My next post will be my brother's unbelievable pasta recipe. Stay tuned.

The most wonderful part of the trip was my Saturday night conversation with my dad about our family history. It was amazing to learn so much about my heritage. My father's been finding lots of names and people and it's just awesome. He gave me a huge binder with a lot of information about our family history. I have about 100 names ready to go to the temple. I am so happy. I even have pictures my dad found that are amazing. Here's a picture of my grandfather's great grandfather, Manoel Camilo. Old old old picture. I've done a little bit of photoshop work on it to clean it up.


I've added here just a few pictures of my time down there. Enjoy!
My beautiful niece Clara

Cousin Manuela

Clara
Nephew Rafael showing me how strong he is.

Mom and sister-in-law Cris

Sudoeste

Potira, my best friend in high school. Or I should say Dr. Potira (she's finishing her PhD!)

Cousin Sophia

At Capital Steakhouse

Avocado popsicle. Yum!!

Sister Luciana and nephew Bernardo

Niece Fernanda, nephew Nicholas and cousin Joao

My beautiful niece Fernandinha

My nephews Bernardo and Nicholas

My beautiful niece Barbara

Part of the family at pizza place

Old friends from school

The most incredible pasta ever made. Thanks Daniel.

Mom and dad at church.

Lunch made by Tia Inez. Thank you!

Brother Daniel, his wife Cris, and kids Rafael and Clara.

Mom and Dad.