Sinful and Delightful Zitti

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By GERLIE M. UY

Even before the Junior masterchief - Australia aired at the local cable, I already have this little chef in my archive photos. He cooked his favorite pasta he called Zitti.


Our chef is 14-year-old Steven Jon Garnet.

To Steven: Here's what I can suggest to make your Zitti delightful but not-so-sinful with all calories. Half the Butter, use the whole can of big evaporated milk and half the cream (why not try the soya version of the cream)... add chopped fresh herbs. use corned tuna instead of the tuna in oil. No magic sarap, salt and pepper can do justice.

At any rate, a few spoonful is filling and delightful indeed. I forgive myself of the "sin." lol



 Our featured chef...
 The canned tuna in oil.
Heat the butter.


Add cream and milk as well as the cheese. 
Add flour to adjust consistency.

Cook 400 gms of penne pasta according to package directions. 
Mix in the cooked cream sauce and the pasta.
top with remaining cheese.


Finally top with the tuna...


 A few spoonful loaded with calories but very tasteful, I admit.

 Some wacky pose from our Little but Big Chef...

 
His ingredients in photo!!! 

Comments

  1. stebinoFebruary 24, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    tnk you :) but my pics look like i just woke up :0

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    you look shabby... hahaha. but dont worry keep your hobby nd your mom happy. Important is you are always snappy!!!gerl

    ReplyDelete

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