Seahawks 13, Manicotti 3
This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook by preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks' opponent.
Seahawks vs. Manicotti preview.
You think the snow has affected your life, well, let me tell "you" something. We haven't been able to watch the Seahawks with our friends since the New England game. We spent Sunday wandering around Fremont spending each quarter in a different bar.
Oh, were we praying for overtime.
Following the game we took a victory lap back home, and made our manicotti and sauce. First we...
[Knock-knock]
Seattlest: Wait, there is someone at the Seattlest door.
Santa: Ho-ho-ho.
Seattlest: Wow, we're so glad that you were able to stop by.
Santa: You know, Seattlest, you've been a good boy this year so I got you something special.
Seattlest: Wow, thank you.
Santa: Just kidding.
[Awkward silence]
Santa: Things between Mrs. Claus and I are getting so bad...
Seattlest: How bad are they?
Santa: Would you let me finish?
Seattlest: Sorry, thought we were setting you up for a joke.
Santa: Joke? I was going to tell you that my marriage has become a complete emotional wasteland. I really don't think there is a joke there. Do you think it's funny that the woman I live with has a heart made of ice and instead of love spews bile?
Seattlest: No, no, we didn't know that you and Mrs. Claus--sorry, we didn't know things were bad.
Santa: I think we should move on to the meal.
Seattlest: Sorry, sure.
Well, to make the sauce we took some Italian peeled tomatoes, mixed them with chopped vegetables, olive oil, tomato paste, some spices, water, and let everything simmer for an hour. Then we boiled up some manicotti tubes.
As they were boiling we mixed some ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan, parsley, and pepper in bowl. This would be our filling.
When the sauce was done we poured half of it into our pans. Now it was time to place the filling in the manicotti.
It would have worked better if we had not let the pasta boil for so long. As we were adding the filling some of the tubes broke open. We just placed half of the pasta on the counter, added our filling, and placed the other half on top. Then we covered everything with the remaining sauce and a shit-ton of mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Easy and delicious.
Santa: People read this shit?
NEXT WEEK: The Seahawks play in Arizona, and our group will be larger than normal, with friends back in town for the holidays. So we are just going to make nachos, jokes, and savor one last game coached by Mike Holmgren. Next week we will publish the lost Seahawks vs. Ceviche post, and we'll be back with special Seahawks vs. Cooking posts throughout the year.
Recipes from David Rosengarten's It's All American Food.
