Indigo Pasta

First Dinner from Sunday Suppers at Lucques

Wines:
Domaine du Caillou Chateauneuf-du-Pape Recolte 1998
Heidi Schrock Weinbauerin in Rust elfriede Old Vines 2002

Cliff & Cathy with Polenta and Parsifal

We started the dinner drinking the elfriede, it was absolutely delicious, very deep in flavor.

First course: Salad with pears, Walnuts that Campanile had given as favors at their Thanksgiving dinner, St. Agur blue cheese from Cheese Store of Silverlake and saba.

For the second course we made our first recipe from Sunday Suppers at Lucques. Suzanne Goin’s new cookbook from our Sunday night restaurant: Lucques.

We chose torchio with cauliflower, cavolo nero, currants, and pine nuts. When we went to the Hollywood Farmers Market we purchased cauliflower that was purple. Our recent trip to Japan had been characterized as the “Indigo Tour” because of the indigo dyers that we visited. This pasta would be in keeping with the tour. There actually was a lot of complex layering of flavors and it was excellent. In addition the house took on a great fragrance from the garlic and anchovies.

Look forward to the leftovers.