Lord knows I have little enough room in my kitchen for another specialty pot. My Revereware does triple duty and manages to make everything I don’t burn turn out exactly right, and my ultra heavy Le Creuset griller makes every steak a medium rare delight.
Now comes the Alessi Pasta Pot designed by chef Alain Ducasse, so it has a little something something going for it. Chef Ducasse says that the real way to make good pasta isn’t to boil the hell out of it and dump it into a colander before ladling sauce all over it. We’re supposed to cook the pasta in dry and saute it, then add the sauce ingredients to cook with the pasta, and finally the water or broth and cook it all together.
How this special pot helps that along is less clear, but it certainly looks good doing it! Comes with a spoon that sits in the handle, and a melamine trivet so you can present your newfound pasta perfection straight to the table.
$238.00 at Retromodern.com
Posted on June 27, 2007 at 02:23PM | Permalink!
