30 minutes meal

Our last cooking class theme was 30 minutes cooking. We tried 3 differents pasta sauces and timed ourselves preparing them.
They were all done in less than 20 minutes and tasted delicious!
Enjoy!

Tomato cream sauce

(Prepared in 9min30 by Clara : ) )

Ingredients:
• 1 (29oz) jar tomato sauce
• 1 cup half & half
• 2 cloves garlic (pressed)
• ½ tsp salt• ¼ tsp black pepper
• 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 Tbsp dried basil

Combine all, simmer for 20-25 min on medium-low. Do not boil.
Serve over pasta (cheese tortellini for example).
Possible alternatives: Add black olives, or mushroom

Alfredo sauce

(Prepared in 20min08 by Chiyo : ) )

Ingredients:
• ¼ cup butter
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 clove garlic (pressed)
• 1 ½ cups freshly grated parmesan cheese
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley

In medium sauce pan, melt butter over medium/low heat. Add cream and simmer 5 min. Then add garlic and cheese and whisk quickly. Stir in parsley just before serving. Serve over long pasta (like fettucine pasta).

Possible alternative: Add pieces of cooked bacon, or cooked broccoli.

Pesto Sauce

(Prepared in 20min08 by Emily : ) )

Ingredients:

• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 cups fresh basil leaves
• 3 Tbsp pine nuts
• Salt and pepper
• ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
• ½ cup grated parmesan

Press garlic, place into a food processor. Add basil leaves, pine nuts, salt and pepper. While processor is running slowly drizzle in olive oil through the feed tube until all ingredients are pureed.
Scrape down the sides if necessary. Add parmesan cheese and mix in.
Add a Tbsp of water if too thick.

We ended with a microwaveable chocolate cake. I forgot to stop the timer, but I'd say it took about 15 min to prepare and cook (thank you Heidi!)

Microwaveable chocolate cake

Ingredients:

• 1 cup chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
• 1/3 cup butter
• 3 tsp water
• ¼ cup + 1Tbsp flour
• ½ + 1/8 cup sugar
• 3 eggs

In microwave safe container, combine chocolate chips, butter and water. Microwave on high for 1min.

Add eggs one by one. Mix in sugar and flour.
Pour in greased microwave safe dish and microwave on high for 5min30 (adapt the cooking time to your microwave power. You may need 30seconds or 1 more minute)

Let cool, remove from dish and decorate (powdered sugar is the easiest)

Pad Thai

Pad Thai Noodle

(serve 4 people-using one frying pan)
-1/2 bag Rice Noodle ※
-2Tbsp chopped garlic
-4Tbsp vegetable oil
-1 chopped extra firm tofu(make sure take off as much water as you can)
-1/2 cup (or less) chopped sweeten radish ※
-16 shrimps (or as many as you like)
-3 eggs
-3/4Tbsp fish sauce ※
-6Tsp sugar
-2Tbsp tamarind juice ※
-3 green onions

-bean sprout
-crushed peanuts
-dried red pepper powder
-lemon/lime juice

-water 1/2 cup

you can get these ingredients at Pacific Ocean in Broomfield
※Tamarind paste

※Rice Noodle

※Fish Sauce

※Sweet Radish

1.Heat the oil and add garlic until it gives you the good smell
2.Add sweet radish and tofu and stir fry until the tofu's outside get crunchy
3.Add shrimps and stir
4.When the shrimps get cooked, add noodles and water and stir
5.When water is almost dried out and noodles are getting soften, add fish sauce, sugar and tamarind juice and stir until the noodles is cooked

6.Put noodles to the side and add the eggs

7. Stir the eggs when it's almost getting cooked, put the noodles on them
8.Add green onion and bean sprouts

serve them on a plate and if you want, you could add some
peanuts, red peppers and lemon/lime juice

Enjoy!