Pasta with Scallops, Lobster, Asparagus, Sage Truffle Butter

Pasta with Scallops, Lobster, Asparagus, Sage Truffle Butter

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Pasta with Scallops, Lobster
Asparagus, Sage Truffle Butter

A most memorable meal at Ferraro’s inspired me to recreate one of their many fabulous menu items: the Pappardelle Mimmo. This seafood pasta, a favorite of the chef, was simply outstanding. We shared all our dishes at dinner and agreed that the pappardelle is now one of our favorites too.

Established in 1985, Ferraro’s Ristorante is located near the Las Vegas Strip. It is a family-owned business that prides itself on offering authentic Italian cuisine with a focus on traditional methods and recipes, high-quality seasonal ingredients, and homemade “everything” including sausage, meatballs, pastas, breads, desserts and more.

The restaurant is especially noted for its warm inviting atmosphere, superb service, and extensive wine list that features a wide selection of Italian and international wines. It’s no wonder that Ferraro’s has garnered a loyal following among Las Vegas locals and visitors alike…and that Gambero Rosso recently recognized them as one of the top Italian restaurants in the world.

Pasta with Scallops, Lobster, Asparagus, Sage Truffle Butter
Taste With The Eyes re-creation of Pappardelle Mimmo

Ferraro’s Ristorante Las Vegas

Ferraro's Antipasti
Ferraro’s Antipasti

Burrata con Zucchine
Burrata with grilled zucchini and herb oil

Carne Battuta
Prime beef tartare, Reggiano truffle reduction, black truffle crostini, hazelnuts

Vitello Tonnato – “A Must!”
Thinly sliced roasted veal, tuna sauce, caper berries, capers, lemon

Ferraro's Pasta, Pesce, Secondi
Ferraro’s Pasta, Pesce, Secondi

Pappardelle Mimmo
Long wide Pasta with scallops, lobster, asparagus, butter, sage, truffle

Lasagna alla Gino
Bolognese sauce, Béchamel sauce, ricotta cheese

Osso Buco – “House Specialty”
Veal shank in red wine reduction served with saffron risotto

Sogliola ai Capperi
Oven roasted Holland Dover Sole, lemon, butter, white wine, capers, deboned table side with roasted potato, grilled asparagus

Ferraro's Sogliola ai Capperi
Ferraro’s Sogliola ai Capperi
Ferraro's Pappardelle Mimmo
Ferraro’s Pappardelle Mimmo
Ferraro's Dessert
Ferraro’s Dessert and Happy Birthday Stone!

Passione Pistachio
Layered Pistachio cream, cream cheese custard, atop a rich walnut crust

How to Make Pasta with Scallops, Lobster,
Asparagus, and Sage Truffle Butter

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Truffled Mushroom Pappardelle

Truffled Mushroom Pappardelle

Truffled Mushroom Pappardelle

This mouthwatering Truffled Mushroom Pappardelle is a delightful pasta dish that features wide, flat, fresh pappardelle noodles paired with a savory-creamy-herby mushroom sauce where a drizzle of white truffle oil enhances the earthy mushroom flavors.

We are fortunate that our local Las Vegas Italian restaurant sells fresh house-made pasta to go, including pappardelle, fettuccine, spaghetti alla chitarra, and gnocchi. I am more than happy to promote Prosecco in Las Vegas for their imported cheeses including Burrata di Puglia and excellent fresh pasta.

Mushroom Pappardelle Recipe

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Creamy Gochujang Noodles

Creamy Gochujang Noodles

Creamy Gochujang Noodles

In the mid-2000s, Korean street food vendors took cues from the Italian pasta dish penne alla vodka by introducing heavy cream into their traditional tteokbokki.

Tteokbokki is a popular stir-fried rice cake snack that is simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang sauce. Gochujang is a Korean red chili paste with sweet heat and a fermented umami richness. The addition of cream results in a distinctive rosy color, hence the moniker “rosé tteokbokki.”

My previous Korean-French fusion salmon dish, a Creamy Gochujang Braised Salmon, blended those same spicy and creamy elements. This Korean-Italian fusion noodle dish also wows with a delicious fruitiness, slight smokiness and depth of flavor from the sun-dried Korean red peppers in the paste.

Bucatini stands in as an interesting alternative for rice cakes because of its wonderfully chewy quality. Handmade bronze dies give the pasta a fabulous coarse, sauce-absorbing surface, perfect for soaking up all those spicy-sweet-creamy-umami flavors that rosé tteokbokki is famous for…

Creamy Gochujang Noodles

Creamy Gochujang Noodles Recipe

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Bay Scallop Marsala Fettuccine

Bay Scallop Marsala Fettuccine

Bay Scallop Marsala Fettuccine

I’m going to apologize for not sharing this bay scallop pasta dish sooner. It’s always a big hit – delicious, easy, quick, fabulous.

The cost for premium frozen bay scallops from Baja, Mexico are about $3 per person, and the rest of the ingredients are also very reasonable.  The recipe calls for 2 tablespoons of Marsala wine per serving, I definitely recommend “the good stuff.”

It’s a super-flavorful, stunning pasta dish thanks to briny, slightly sweet and buttery scallops; the complexity of marsala wine; earthiness of mushrooms; and rich cream. I bet if you prepped everything in advance, it could be on the table in less than 20 minutes?

Be sure to use fresh pasta here, its tender velvety texture pairs wonderfully with the creamy marsala sauce.

Bay Scallop Marsala Fettuccine

Bay Scallop Marsala Recipe

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Maltagliati all’Arrabbiata

Maltagliati all'arrabbiata

Maltagliati all’Arrabbiata
Calabrian Chili, Burrata, and Fresh Basil
Served with an Amalfi Spritz

Buon Natale! Merry Christmas – this is a brilliant vegetarian dish for the holiday with its beautiful striking red and green colors. But how could it possibly be any good? The pasta, maltagliati, literally translates to “badly cut” and the sauce arrabbiata translates to “angry”! Turns out this bad-cut-angry pasta dish is actually deliziosa…and perfect for the holidays.

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