Monday is the theatre's traditional day off… So, this Monday, after a long and pretty tough week, I was feeling the need for some major protein.
I sautéed about 10 minced onions (not as much as it sounds... bagged onions in Cleveland seem to be awfully tiny... so this was about one-and-a-half cups...
Then added 2T of chopped garlic...
And a pound of ground beef...
I cooked this for about 15 minutes, until the beef was no longer pink. To this, I added one pound of almost cooked rotini. After letting the pasta get acquainted with the beef for a minute, I added 2T of pesto and showers of both black pepper and microplaned Parmesan. The addition of some pasta water loosened the whole mixture and this... combined with a glass of Trader Vic's boxed Chardonnay (for drinking... not for cooking) made for a lovely day-off dinner.
Special thanks to wonderful castmate Darren Matthias for the run to Trader Vic's!!!!
And the cheap wine's not so bad either....