chicken with wht ital

[winophite]

I'm planning to have a bottle of white Italian: 2005 Argiolas Costamolino Vermintino di Sardegna, $16. (recommended by a friend as good stuff). I was thinking of chicken breasts over a bed of pasta.I'm having trouble deciding whether to to go with alfreado white sauce or parmisian red sauce. Would either be a mistake? Any thoughts appreciated. WP

[Thomas]

That particular Vermentino is bright and clean. It would do well with a lighter version of pasta and grilled chicken bits.

I recommend olive oil and garlic sauce with oregano, thyme and a touch of hot pepper, maybe with a few good olives thrown in or, if you can find them, yellow tomatoes.

Replace the chicken with calamari and you'll really have a wonderful dish.

[hotwine]

I just drooled onto the keyboard....

[winophite]

Ahhhh, sounds worthy of a tasty try. Gonna go with the diced chicken and just happen to have some yellow tomatoes growing in the garden. One of these days I'm going to grow my own fresh garlic.
On a side note about calamari, isn't that squid? I've never eaten it, (have used it for bait in the gulf though), not a big seafood sort of guy, but is it similar in taste and/or texture to chicken? Just curious.
Thanks for the thoughts on dinner for the wine. WP

[Thomas]

No, calamari isn't anything like chicken. It's definitely got a seafood taste.

If you cut the tubes into little circular pieces, you can cook and blend the calamari alongside tortellini and they will look almost alike but have a wonderful complimentary quality.


If you dredge calamari circles in cornmeal, fry it and then top it with a good tomato sauce, it's like the taste of a seafood polenta!

And if you dredge the tubes whole in flour, saute in olive oil and garlic, serve with lemon wedges, it is deeeeeevine.

Calamari is crunchy, which is why I pound it before cooking it.

Growing garlic is easy, so long as your soil isn't clay...

[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 08-18-2007).]

[Innkeeper]

I find garlic impossible to grow at home, even in sand.