So I gave in.
As I didn't buy any food for the night, my only resort was whatever I could find in my cupboard. Well, I wasn't doing too bad. I could at least come up with 4 dishes:
1. Spaghetti with tuna in cream sauce
2. Noodle in soup with corn
3. Baked beans and fried eggs
4. Oatmeal / porridge
And all fit in with my "one pot" policy !
And the winner was number 1, Spaghetti with tuna in cream sauce. Although number 4 would be a wiser choice given that I'm still recovering from flu and therefore should eat something more healthy. But me being me, I always opt for something irrational.
As usual, I improvise as I cooked and ended up with something slightly different than what I first imagined.
Here we go.
Ingredients:
- Spaghetti
- 1 Tin of tuna (soaked in oil)
- Whipping cream
- Chilli flakes
- Manchego cheese, cut into small pieces (yeah, just found that in the fridge)
- 1 Egg, beaten
- Xiaoxing wine (or any wine you have)
- Cook the spaghetti (or pasta of your choice) according to instruction on the package
- Heat the pot, add oil (taken from the tin of tuna) and chilli flakes
- Add the tuna, cook over low heat. Stir gently so the tuna don't stay as huge chunks
- Add whipping cream
- Add spaghetti when the sauce starts to bubble
- Add manchego cheese. Stir to mix all ingredients well
- Add Xiaoxing wine when the cheese are melted. Turn to high heat
- Turn off heat when the wine is more or less evaporated
- Stir in the egg
- Serve
P.S. Was talking to a friend just this afternoon and we're wondering how come there are so many Italian restaurants in town. And maybe that's one of reasons I chose to cook something remotely Italian tonight?
