Cookbook:Pasta Romanov

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An easy recipe that can be whipped up in about 15 minutes from minimal ingredients for maximum style.

[edit] Ingredients

• Pasta (taglietelli, spaghetti or angel hair preferred)
• Mascarpone cheese (or similar bland cheese - e.g. Ricotta)
• Tomato puree (paste)
• Vodka
• Caviar (or lumpfish roe - cheaper alternative)
• Whole lemon

[edit] Procedure

1. Boil a kettle and put the pasta on.
2. Melt the cheese (do not overheat) and stir in a little tomato puree to turn it salmon pink.
3. Add a slug of vodka to the melted cheese.
4. Add a teaspoon of caviar to the cheese and toss the drained pasta in it to coat.
5. Cut lemon into wedges and use as garnish with a teaspoon or two of caviar.

Serve with champagne or crisp white wine.