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A bonus post and recipe from The Hydroponic Chef:
Table-side meal preparation seems to be a thing of the past. Other than your elaborate dining space in upscale neighborhoods serving hand prepared Caesar salad table-side or a rolling service cart accompanied by an under-enthusiastic staff member mixing raw beef, egg, and Worcestershire for steak tartare, these services are not something that you will find at your local eatery.
After witnessing the flaming cheese wheel on travel shows and catching glimpses of friends videos coming home from Europe, these experiences inspired me to do my own cannabis-infused cheese wheel pasta. Procuring a cheese wheel was more challenging than I anticipated. The experience of visiting a cheese store is an experience all in itself.
After getting turned down at my local cheese store and then again at Costco, I found an Italian specialty food store that deals with imported cheeses. This turned out to be the best location when looking for a cheese wheel. Now, don’t expect your local cheese store to have a cheese wheel in stock; you will likely have to order it ahead of time to be picked up.
Traditionally, cheese would not be cut down the middle to create a bowl shape, but with a little persuasion (maybe I kicked the cheesemongers some weed), he cut the wheel horizontally exposing the beautiful 18-month aged cheese that was perfect for melting and grating over pasta. He explained the imported cheese is a big ticket item, but if it was used often and stored properly you can get months’ worth of cheese out of one of the half-wheels.
After lacing the cheesemonger for hooking me up, it was time to seek out the rest of the ingredients. Carbonara is a classic Roman dish consisting of four primary ingredients: guanciale (or pancetta) egg, garlic, and pecorino Romano cheese.
For this recipe, I added a fifth ingredient from my hydroponic garden: gelato cannabis.
Hydro Chef Medicated Cheese Wheel Carbonara
Ingredients
- 1 pound Bucatini pasta
- 1/4 cup medicated olive oil
- 1/2 pound pancetta, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup peas
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 3 large egg yolks
- Large Pecorino Cheese Wheel
- 3 tablespoons Grappa
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Handful chopped flat-leaf parsley, for garnish
Directions
- Boil pasta in salted water until al dente, about 8 minutes.
- While pasta is boiling heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add medicated olive oil and pancetta. Crisp the pancetta about 2 minutes.
- Add red pepper flakes, peas and garlic and cook 2 to 3 minutes more. Add wine and stir adding all the flavors from pan together.
- In a separate bowl, beat yolks and mix with 1 oz of hot pasta water to temper egg
- Drain pasta and add directly to the skillet with pancetta and medicated oil then remove from heat
- Pour the egg mixture over the pasta and toss well
- Scrape cheese wheel to get some loosened bits of cheese for pasta.
- Pour grappa into a metal sauce pan and flambé with a torch. While alcohol is lit, pour over loosened cheese in cheese wheel.
- Let alcohol burn off while cheese melts, then transfer pasta into cheese wheel. Toss rapidly to coat the pasta. Pepper to taste then garnish with parsley and serve topped with more pecorino. #HydroChefApproved
Hydro Chef Medicated Bellini
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Chronic Elixir THC or CBD syrup
- 1 frozen peach slice
- 4 fluid oz chilled sparkling wine
- 1 drop of your favorite terpene (optional)
Directions
- Pour Chronic Elixir into a champagne flute
- Add frozen peach
- Slowly pour sparkling wine over peach
- Drop 1 drip or your favorite terpene over champagne mixture
Cheers!
