Stress makes me cook.
Penne with bacon and clam sauce garnished with habanero-poached red & orange peppers.
Cook bacon until crispy. Drain, set aside. brown garlic in olive oil, add a splash of sherry and a can of clams (real clams would have been better) and some butter and a little of the bacon. Toss in the penne and reduce, plate with fresh ground pepper and chopped bacon, not too much.
Peppers: rough cut and throw in a pot with some apple vinegar, water, brown sugar and 1/4 habanero pepper. cook until soft. garnish.
tons of flavors and textures that work together: sweet clams, smoky bacon, spicy peppers, creamy butter. One of my better dishes I think.
