On 9/26/2014 6:14 AM, Opinicus wrote:
> On a recent episode of "Late Night With Seth Meyers" Martha Stewart
> prepared "One-Pot" linguini with tomatoes and basil, which involved
> making a quick sauce with cherry onion, garlic, cherry tomatoes, and
> basil then adding several cups of water followed by raw linguini.
> Simmer until done. The whole dish takes less than ten minutes.
>
> I've posted a clip in alt.binaries.multimedia cooking:
> >
> Subject: Martha's "One-Pot" linguini with tomatoes and basil
> Linkto-NZB: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ksv4q94
>
> I once saw Emeril do so something like this with lasagna noodles many
> years ago. The raw pasta is allegedly cooked in the sauce. I find this
> technique hard to believe. Has anyone ever tried it? What's the result
> like?
>

It doesn't work well (IMHO) for thick noodles, like lasagna or giant
shells. But elbow macaroni, spaghetti, egg noodles, linguini, etc work
great cooked in the sauce *if* you can get the amount of water right and
you don't mind that the sauce gets a little starchy. (a little starch
in the sauce can be a good thing)

Bob