A creamy, onion-y and easy-to-make pasta.
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Hi oh my gosh you are hello you look so good Hi how are you how are you hi oh my gosh hello oh my gosh so hard to get out of here hello God everyone is looking so cute hey everybody oh my goodness hello everyone and Happy Valentine’s Day
Oh I’m so excited to celebrate with you all well today I am kicking things off with my number one Valentine please welcome my husband Aaron hi Aon Hello nice to see you very good to see you yes this is my husband hand hand holding honestly we’re kind of awkward in front of the camera not going to lie we keep our uh affection uh that’s private time yeah I am so excited that you’re here
Though I’m excited to be here yeah I’m very we’re not usually Valentine’s people not really no but uh that’s okay today is a celebration for everybody not just yeah well it’s also a little bit of a celebration because today happens to also be day three of our French onion [Applause]
Week to me nothing says I love you quite like a delicious bowl of pasta and that past is kind of sort of French I mean like all the better all the better so romantic French stuff I know it’s like per we are there we went there on our
Honeymoon didn’t we we did yeah and we ate some delicious French onion soup yeah really good french onion soup yeah if you ever find yourself in Paris you go to Le jaab Bean delish french onion soup super super tasty um so I wanted to
Do like a little bit of a spin on French onion soup cuz all week this week we are doing like delicious kind of sort of french onion soup Vibes um but like taking that flavor and spinning it a bit and we’re going to do a pasta so this is
My French onion pasta how you feel about that I feel great good answer good answer okay so I’m going to come over here and get to work on that delicious pasta now we have gone through a couple days of French onion week so we know how to caramelize onions already we have got
Those onions it’s four yellow onions here that I cooked down in about a tablespoon and a half of butter with a little bit of salt and pepper I cooked that down over medium low heat for about 15 minutes typically people tell you French onions or or caramelized onions
Take really really long time but I like to cheat cuz after that first 15 which is not something you want to talk about on Valentine’s Day but sorry that was I like to take a short cut short cut there you go I got you uh what so we are going to actually
Then turn the heat up to medium and I add in a little bit of maple syrup now Aaron can speak to this it doesn’t taste like pancakes right no it does not it just like adds to the sweetness of the caramelized onions and gets them a
Little gets them on their way yes a shortcut a shortcut very good yes a head to romance always good nailed itad see this is my guy yeah all right so we have got those then cooking for another about 10 minutes then I added in some garlic a
Little bit of herb to provant which is a classic French herb blend and then a little bit of Brandy cuz I love a bit of Brandy I know it just richens everything up and gives you such a nice flavor so now that is classic kind of French
Onions caramelized onions for me this is where we go a little bit left so this is where I’m going to add in some flour to make a r cuz I want this pasta to be a little bit thick and creamy so I’m going to add in 2 tbsp of flour onto those
Onions and you just want to scatter it over top and aoo is essentially just fat and flour mixed together and then cooked a little bit because you always want to toast that flour if you don’t toast the flour ew yeah it tastes like raw flour and what’s more romantic than toast
Exactly nothing that smell is comforting it is it’s true I feel like once you get get to the point in your relationship where you can just be like hey you just want to have toast for dinner that’s when you know you’re in it to win it yeah yeah yeah all right so
I’m going to toast that off for just about 30 seconds just to get some heat on that flour and as you can see it starts to look not too cute This Is Not Great this is like waking up in the morning you’ve been in a relationship a
While he’s seeing you in all the glory um so it’s okay but we’re going to add in some liquid that’s going to help thicken everything up so the first liquid I’m going to add in is some wine I’m going to use some dry white wine and
This is what we call what we call this in our house it’s like a Tuesday wine Tuesday wine Tuesday wine always happens to have a screw uh top which is always good something you don’t feel bad about opening on a Tuesday yeah yeah have a hard and sometimes finishing on a
Tuesday if it’s that kind of Tuesday if it’s that kind of Tuesday exactly so I’m going to add about half a cup of that into my pan that’s going to kind of thicken up with that flour now I’m going to take the rest of this wine and hand
It on over to my H husband it’s perfect also morning wine also good morning wine yeah exactly all right so I’m going to give that a stir and as you can see that starts to thicken up immediately but to continue building this sauce I’m going to essentially make like a mini thick
Version of a french onion soup in this pan so I’m going to add in some broth typically with french onion soup you add beef broth but I’m going in with mushrooms so I can eat it too it’s a great substitute to make this vegetarian
So I’m going to add in 2 and 1/2 cups of mushroom broth right on into this pan add that in and give it a stir while you’re adding just so nothing clumpy up again about 2 and 1/2 cups of that and then since I’m actually going to do
This as a one pan pasta because Aaron you’re the dish doer in the house yeah and on Valentine’s Day I want to give you a bit of a break I appreciate it yeah so we’re just doing a one pot pasta so into there I’m also going to add in a
Little bit of water this is going to help cook everything together it’s not going to make it too rich if you did want to do this all broth go for it that would be amazing but I’m going to toss in about a cup and a half of water into
There and then you just want to bring this up to a boil so turn that heat up and essentially what you’re going to do once that comes up to a boil is we’re going to cook the noodles right in that pan but while that starts coming up I’m
Going to make a crunchy topping because what’s the what’s the best part of french onion soup it’s a little the little toast on top toast with the cheese exactly and you need something crispy so I’m going to do like a crispy kind of panko topping you could also do
This if you wanted to with like uh torn up bread that would work as well but the Pano’s really really crunchy so the first thing I need is a tablespoon of butter right on into a pan over about medium heat you just want to get things
Toasty so that’s oh my gosh nothing more wonderful than that sound oh what a delight that is all right then into there I’m going to add in a/4 cup of panko now to be honest panko very crunchy not a ton of flavor so I like to
Add things in so 1/4 cup of panko goes on into that pan and then I’m going to start seasoning that up with a little bit of salt little bit of pepper and then to give you that French onion Vibe I’m also going to toss in a bit of herb
De pant again that same herb blend that we added to that soup just a little bit where is he there he is toss some of that in herb Deon is really nice it’s got to blend give that a bit of a stir and you want to toast this off just
Until it’s a little golden brown that butter is going to bring everything together it’s going to be absolutely delicious now because of TV and time and stuff this is not yet boiling but I would bring this up to a boil and then add my noodles in and for noodles we’re
Using oretti we need 350 grams of oretti and oretti fun fact means little ears in Italian is that cute it is very cute I know yeah little little cute little ears for your little cutie your little cutie exactly and it’s essentially they look like tiny little bowls I don’t know
Whose ears these are mimicking but I honestly really really like them they’re super cute they’re a little bowl so I’m going to add that right on into this pan and essentially you want to cook that until those noodles are nice and toothy a little El Dente it will be beautiful
That should take probably about like 10 minutes just depending on what the package says again those Crumbs are looking delish a little bit golden brown I’m going to transfer those on into a bowl which is always good A little bit of melted butter never hurt anybody especially on Valentine’s Day M and then
We’ve got something once everything comes together that looks like look at this pasta that was dramatic beautiful so creamy to brighten everything up a little bit I am going to toss in just a titch of balsamic vinegar just to give a little bit of richness you can to do cherry vinegar in there
That would be great but give that a bit of a stir oo that is a hot burner he’s on high and we are doing our thing all right now I’m going to take that serve it up in some bowls cuz we’re Bowl food people I’m not going to lie all right
Where’s the spoon Aon you want to come over here help yeah sure okay cool I love it I’m going to give you like an Amo amount that’s a perfect amount like a little little little bit do you want to scatter uh oh actually do you want to
Mix some cheese I got some g a cheese mix some cheese into there for me oh boy this is where we panic in our house all right so give that pasta just like a like a romantic amount of cheese a and what is a romantic amount of cheese it means all the cheese
Yeah too much toss her in there yeah yeah that’s my guy that’s my guy uh yeah yeah give it a mix up there you go we’re married we’re married it’s fine toss that on top okay little bit of that that crunchy with that cheesy little bit of
Parsley too oh look at this cute I know oh my gosh cheesy crunchy now let’s go a little seat shall we okay I’m going to bring this up well there we got extra obviously all right so this is one of my favorite things now we’re not Valentine’s Day people typically right
Not particularly no we’re more like everyday people I know like doing the nice stuff and yeah one time I came home and Aaron had just bought a bunch of chips and he was like I noticed you were out of chips if that’s not romance I don’t know what is very very nice you
Have to pay attention to the chips Supply and the snack Supply and make sure it never runs dry no exactly and be a poet apparently all right cheers to you my friend let’s give this a little bite come on that’s delicious isn’t that nice that’s so good I know I’m that’s I
Don’t even know this is honestly dinner every night I can make a sandwich and he’s like this is amazing it’s the best sandwich ever you keep it alive friends hey Mary here what did you think drop your comments below and don’t forget to like And subscribe for more of the good stuff