Not too difficult of a dish and uses only a few ingredients. Easy to obsess over perfecting it bc I find the acidity and spice level hard to balance. Important to use the best ingredients possible too! Marcella Hazan’s recipe is the best
I'm not sure if this qualifies for what you're talking about but when I was first learning to cook I found cooking the 4 Classic Roman Pasta dishes to be a really great learning experience. It does a really good job teaching you about developing / creating an emulsion-based sauce, which is a really good foundational skill. They're all fairly simple recipes, but are difficult to master and always impress!
If these are too simple, I would say dive into the meat sauce world. Kenji has a great easy-ish recipe for bolognese that's pretty great.
Just made this and it was SO GOOD it's so quick and easy and has very few ingredients. I discovered my garlic had gone bad so made this and it actually worked better without I think! Only takes ten minutes. This serves one:
Ingredients: 12ish pomodorini tomatoes, olive oil, pasta (fusilli works best for the texture), red wine (old, cheap, nasty is fine), garlic salt
1. Start cooking your fusilli for around ten mins
2. Quarter around 12 pomodorini tomatoes
3. Heat olive oil in a wide low pan on medium heat. Throw in tomatoes when hot enough and stir lots so they don't stick. Add a generous sprinkle of garlic salt
4. Turn heat up high and add a splash of red wine
5. Once pasta has been cooking at least five mins add a big spoon or two of pasta water in with tomatoes. Stir til combined and turn down the heat to low/medium when it has reduced and starts bubbling
6. Add in about 50ml of double cream and stir til well combined and heated
7. Once pasta is done put it in with sauce and stir til well combined
8. I like salt so I also add some Maldon salt flakes on top 👌
stills from The Color Of Pomegranates, the most aesthetically pleasing movie ever. also featured in my profile. i love unlocking my phone and seeing beauty!
i’ve been making homemade ice cream
for my friends (everyone in nyc is my friend). i love this arugula flavor i made it’s so summery and peppery and bright! arugula is the best leafy green in my opinion. i also paired it with this beautiful arugula amaro that i highly recommend too :)
