Author Notes
I found few days ago exploring the London's local shops, in my local area, a Romanian deli shop, and I chose for tasting, a popular spread they have, named Zacusca. I love it and I have started to use in my daily snack with bread and in weekend cooking. Works just as great in both, love to share it. —David James Colin
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Ingredients
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1 packet
Gluten free Fusilli Italian pasta (made from a blend of corn and rice flours- from Waitrose Supermarket)
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Handful
Root Vegetables – carrots, aubergine, potato, leeks, free to choose your favourite.
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1 packet
Zacusca, a vegetable spread popular in Romania (I found this in a local Romanian deli shop)
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Splash
Tomato juice or pulp, for an extra sauce to sustain a 5-10 min slow cooking
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Handful
Extra Mature cheese – to grate later in the recipe
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2
Egg yolks - whisked
Directions
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Cooking
Cook the pasta and drain per the instructions on the packet. Gluten free pasta needs more water and cooks very quickly. You may also need to stir more often.
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In this time cook the root vegetables.
Cut the vegetables into small cubes. Start with onion in a pan, add the vegetables, cook them for few minutes to softened and then add the Zacusca and the tomato juice/pulp. Cook for a few more minutes on a slow heat to get the flavours together. Note that Zacusca is an already cooked product – straight from the jar.
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Final dish
Put oven onto grill mode, put pasta in a tray, add the vegetable/zacusca mixture on top, grate over cheese to cover , sprinkle some herbs and don’t forget to pour the egg yolks over the top (this will give a lovely golden colour to the crusted cheese), grill and serve. Enjoy.
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