Being that this blog is entitled as such, I thought it apropos to have my first entry be about none other than some noodles.
And I shall name you...
Sir, Pope, Francis Bacon Carbonara Lasagne I
Apologies for the kind of shitty picture.
Yes, it's a very long name, but I promise you that the recipe is simple, and award-winning delicious! Because everything is better with bacon!*
Here's a little etymology of the name of my lasagne.
Francis Bacon's: Study after Velázquez's Portrait of a Pope Innocent X
Hey! It's Sir Francis Bacon- or is that Shakespeare?!
Rome, the birthplace of Carbonara, and home of none other than the Pope!
Well, technically Vatican City is the Pope's home, but close enough.
And of course, we have a new Pope:
née Jorge Mario Bergoglio, but I like to call him "George"
Hey! Nice shoes George!
Thanks for following me on a little sojourn through my scattered thought process. Now, what you've been waiting for... Here's the recipe:
Sir, Pope, Francis Bacon Carbonara Lasagne I
Empirical method, no fancy red sauce for this dish!
Ingredients:
4 oz. uncured slab bacon (sliced into ¼” cubes)
1 lb. chicken tenders or breasts
1 cup chicken
stock
3 clove garlic
(minced)
½ cup heavy
cream or 1 cup half & half,
2 eggs (beaten)
½ cup pecorino romano
(grated)
½ cup parmigiano-reggiano
(grated)
1 cup mozzarella
(shredded)
1 tbsp. fresh
basil (optional)
1 tbsp. ground black pepper
4 oz. spinach (thawed frozen or fresh)
1 box no boil lasagna noodles
Topped with chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley
Preheat oven to 375degrees. Cook bacon in large, heavy-bottomed pan. Remove from pan. Drain & reserve all but
1tsp. of fat from pan. Cook chicken in
fat 2-3 min per side, adding ½ cup chix stock after flipping. Remove chix from pan & shred with a fork. Add remaining chicken stock to pan to deglaze
pan. Stir in cream, garlic, basil,
ground pepper, & ¼ cup parmesan. Simmer sauce & stir. (don’t let it burn). In a large bowl, mix remaining ¼ cup parmesan,
¾ cup mozzarella, and romano cheeses with the beaten eggs.
Spoon a layer of sauce into a 9x13” pan. Add a layer of noodles. Add another layer of sauce, add chicken, add cheese
mixture, top with spinach. Repeat layers
ending on top with noodles. Drizzle with
olive oil (optional). Cover with tinfoil
and bake for 25 minutes.
Remove tinfoil, add remaining ¼ cup mozzarella, and
bake for another 10 minutes.
Buon Appetito!
*Apparently, bacon possesses six ingredient types of umami which is probably why it's so scrumptious.
P.S.
Check out
Michael Wolf Photography
to see some mind-blowing photographs
including a "real fake" of Francis Bacon's
Study after Velázquez's Portrait of a Pope Innocent X
http://photomichaelwolf.com/#real-fake-art/3
Michael Wolf Photography
to see some mind-blowing photographs
including a "real fake" of Francis Bacon's
Study after Velázquez's Portrait of a Pope Innocent X
http://photomichaelwolf.com/#real-fake-art/3
