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brunch #33: this-could-totally-be-on-a-pizza pasta with pie

brunch #33: for lack of pizza dough, this mixture of roasted green tomatoes, spinach cooked in vermouth, mozzarella cheese, garlic, and bacon went on top of some pasta to make a delicious fake-pizza pasta brunch #33. 

This-Could-Totally-Be-On-A-Pizza Pasta

• 3 slices bacon, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 bunch spinach, about 2 cups, loosely chopped
• a splash of vermouth
• 8 oz roasted green tomatoes
• 4 oz mozzarella, cubed
• 8 oz fettuccine 
• salt and pepper to taste

In a wide pan, cook bacon until crisp on the edges. Toss in garlic and cook until fragrant. Add the spinach, and once it starts to wilt, pour in a good splash of vermouth. Allow to cook until fully wilted, then add roasted green tomatoes. Bring to a simmer. At the same time, bring salted water to a boil in a sauce pan, add fettuccine, and cook al dente, 7-8 minutes. Scoop pasta out of the water and dump directly into the pan. Add 1/2 to 1 cup of the pasta’s cooking water to the pan, mixing together, and allowing to simmer until the mixture thickens. Lastly, put in the mozzarella, lightly fold it in, and serve with salt and pepper to taste.

served with earl grey, hot, and the second peach/plum/pear pie for dessert. 

Peach, Plum, Pear Pie

first, the song:

Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear

then, the pie:

Peach, Plum, Pear Pie

a special recipe for people who love fruit, pies, and Joanna Newsom, by N. for anyone feeling blue and unwell.

(note: this is the first time N has ever used refrigerated, buy-at-the-grocery-store pie dough, and not made her own. IT IS SO MUCH FASTER. You don’t have to dread making pie dough anymore!)

Filling:

• 1 pear (I used bosc because it’s what they had)
• 1 peach
• 2 plums
• 4 tbsp sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp nutmeg

• 1 pie crust

Topping:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats 
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tbsp melted butter

Preheat oven to 400. 

Slice pear, peach, and plums into very thin, long strips. Thinner the better. Put them in a bowl together and add sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir it all together and let it sit while you prep the crust and topping; that way the sugar will bring out the juices in the fruit. 

Mix the oats, brown sugar, and melted butter together (in the measuring cup is fine). These oats don’t really cook in boiling water, so use rolled oats—you can eat them without cooking them and it’s fine. These just get a little crunchy on top. 

Put pie crust dough into your pie dish. Set the peach, plum, pear sugar/spice filling into the pie dish, and cover the top with the oatmeal topping. 

Bake at 400 degrees fahrenheit for 10-15 minutes, until crust is brown and done. 

Eat this pie! Rejoice, because thanks to this pie, you no longer feel blue or unwell!

the thinly-sliced peach, plum, and pear

the adorable PI pan (get it ahhhh it’s so cute) with the peach/plum/pear

the finished pie.