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Governor Baldacci's Favorite Recipes

Pasta Carbonara

Ingredients

  • 1/4 pound bacon
  • Cube of butter (1/2 cup)
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 Tablespoons wine vinegar
  • Favorite pasta
  • 2 eggs, whipped
  • 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan or Romano cheese.
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Cut bacon up into little pieces and cook until clear in a cube of butter. Heat milk in a small saucepan and add the bacon and butter. Add wine vinegar. This will turn the milk to cheese. Simmer for about 15 minutes until the sauce cooks smooth.

Boil your favorite pasta. Drain and return to the pan. Immediately throw in eggs, the above sauce, and Parmesan or Romano cheese. Season with salt and pepper, toss and serve.

Italian Copenata

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds fresh eggplant
  • 1 Tablespoon salt
  • Olive oil
  • 2 cups coarsely chopped celery
  • 1 cup chopped carrot
  • 3/4 cup yellow onion
  • 1/3 cup wine vinegar
  • 4 teaspoons sugar
  • 3 cups canned tomatoes, mashed
  • 2 Tablespoons tomato paste
  • 6 green olives, chopped
  • 2 Tablespoons capers
  • 4 or 5 anchovies in oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Cut eggplant into 1-inch cubes. Dust with 1 tablespoon salt and allow to drain in a colander. Meanwhile, in a little olive oil, saute celery, carrot, and yellow onion for about 15 minutes. Use a large frying pan for this. Then saute the drained eggplant for 10 minutes is a little oil. Place all of these in a heavy 2-quart kettle and add wine vinegar, sugar, canned tomatoes (mashed), tomato paste, green olives, capers, and anchovies, and let all of this simmer for 15-20 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Chill and serve.