Roasted Garlic Noodle Cake
- 2 heads garlic, cloves separated but not peeled
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 medium shallots, peeled and cut into thin strips
- 6 eggs
- 1/2 pound spinach fettuccine
- 1 pound white fettuccine
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 18 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 cups half-and-half
- Parmesan cheese, to coat pan
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place garlic in a small baking dish.
- Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil.
- Cover with foil and bake until garlic is very soft, about 1 hour.
- Squeeze the garlic from the skins and set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a small skillet.
- Add shallots and saute until they begin to caramelize, about 3 minutes.
- Set aside.
- Cook the spinach and white fettuccines separately in salted water until tender but firm.
- Drain and place each in a separate large bowl.
- Whisk together the roasted garlic, 1 teaspoon of the salt, 1/2 teaspoon of the white pepper, thyme, nutmeg, 1 1/2 cups of the half-and-half and 4 of the eggs.
- Pour over the white fettuccine and mix well.
- Whisk together the shallots, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon white pepper, 1/2 cup half-and-half and 2 eggs.
- Pour over the spinach fettuccine and mix well.
- Grease a 10-inch round springform pan with the remaining tablespoon olive oil.
- Coat the pan with the Parmesan.
- Place half of the white fettuccine mixture in the bottom of the pan.
- Top with the spinach fettuccine mixture.
- Cover with the remaining white fettuccine mixture.
- Cover the pan with aluminum foil.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
- Let rest for 5 minutes.
- Run a small knife around the edge of the pan to loosen.
- Unmold, cut into wedges and serve.
garlic, olive oil, shallots, eggs, fettuccine, white fettuccine, salt, freshly ground white pepper, thyme, ground nutmeg, parmesan cheese
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/335 (may not work)