¡Hola, amigos! Feliz día, espero que se encuentren muy bien y que hayan tenido un día increíble. Por mi parte, me siento bastante bien, gracias a Dios. Esta semana he estado especialmente animada en la cocina, me ha dado por experimentar con nuevos sabores, combinaciones, vegetales e incluso distintas formas de preparar y emplatar los platos. Partiendo de bases sencillas como unos buenos espaguetis o pastas, hoy les traigo una receta deliciosa que, además de verse muy bonita (a mi parecer, jajaja), resultó ser una mezcla de sabores, texturas y colores que me encantó.
Quizá la idea de experimentar con unos espaguetis se debe a que en clase estoy aprendiendo algunos platillos y preparaciones de Italia o simplemente quería cambiar un poco el acompañamiento de arroz, pero bueno, sin tanto alargue por aquí les compartiré los ingredientes, espero que les guste.
Hello, friends! Happy day, I hope you are doing well and have had an incredible day. As for me, I feel pretty good, thank God. This week I have been especially excited in the kitchen, experimenting with new flavors, combinations, vegetables, and even different ways of preparing and plating dishes. Starting with simple basics like spaghetti or pasta, today I bring you a delicious recipe that, in addition to looking very pretty (in my opinion, ha ha ha), turned out to be a mixture of flavors, textures, and colors that I loved. Perhaps the idea of experimenting with spaghetti came about because I'm learning some Italian dishes and preparations in class, or maybe I just wanted to change up the rice side dish a bit, but anyway, without further ado, here are the ingredients. I hope you like it.---
Preparación
Paso 1️⃣ Ahora bien, lo primero que yo hice fue preparar la salsa bechamel la cual utilicé en esta preparación para ponerla de base. La preparación de esta salsa madre es bastante sencilla pero claro, tiene ciertos trucos para que quede perfecta. Lo primero es poner a derretir 40gr de mantequilla sin que esta se queme, luego cuando la mantequilla se haya derretido le añadí 60gr de harina de trigo y removí rápidamente con un globo por unos 2 minutos hasta formar un roux blanco. Luego de esto le añadí leche tibia, la cantidad la iba tanteando poco a poco, hasta que la masita se disolviera por completo, añadí un poco de sal y pimienta negra y seguí removiendo hasta que espesara. Cuando estuvo lista retiré del fogón y puse unos puntos de mantequilla para así evitar que se formara una capa seca. Por cierto, si por casualidad a la mezcla se les forma unos grumitos difíciles de eliminar, pueden simplemente colarla.Preparation
Step 1️⃣ The first thing I did was prepare the béchamel sauce, which I used as a base for this recipe. Preparing this mother sauce is quite simple, but of course, there are certain tricks to make it perfect. The first thing to do is melt 40g of butter without burning it. Then, when the butter has melted, add 60g of wheat flour and stir quickly with a whisk for about 2 minutes until it forms a white roux. After that, I added warm milk, little by little, until the mixture dissolved completely. I added a little salt and black pepper and continued stirring until it thickened. When it was ready, I removed it from the heat and added a few dots of butter to prevent a dry layer from forming. By the way, if the mixture happens to form lumps that are difficult to remove, you can simply strain it.



For the plating, I made a base or bed with béchamel sauce, which turned out really tasty. On top, I placed the spaghetti, which I decorated with some black olives, cherry tomatoes, and the protein, which in this case was pork pulp that I cut into long strips or thick sticks. I added some arugula leaves (which can be replaced with basil to enhance the flavors), Parmesan cheese, and that was it. What seemed like a simple spaghetti dish ended up with a beautiful presentation and an incredible combination of flavors. Without further ado, I hope you liked it, friends. See you next time. A hug ❤️


