- Stand Mixer with Dough Hooks: Ideal for mixing dough required by some pasta recipes efficiently, helping to combine flour and water into a cohesive mixture without excessive effort.
- Pasta Roller and Cutter: Essential tools in making fresh multi-grain pasta, as they help shape the dough into uniform thin sheets (tagsli) for rolling out and cutting into desired sizes or lengths.
- Food Processor for Shredding Vegetables: Useful for quickly shredding cabbage and haricot verts which can be incorporated into salads or garnishes in Sicilian salsa verde recipes, contributing to the overall texture and flavor of dishes.
- Mandoline Slicer: While optional, this tool ensures precise thinly shredded vegetable pieces for consistent pasta textures and aesthetic presentation in various culinary applications including salads or garnishing.
- Chef's Knife: A versatile knife used throughout the kitchen; useful for cutting ingredients like herbs, onions, garlic, or larger vegetable pieces as needed in recipe preparation.
- Kitchen Scissors: Handy for finely chopping fresh herbs and cleaning up leftover vegetable scraps, which might be used to make a flavorful broth or compost.
- Cutting Board: An essential surface on which to prepare ingredients such as shredded vegetables, cut herbs, or dough, ensuring safe and clean food preparation practices.
- Fine Mesh Strainer: Useful for straining pasta from cooking water, removing excess starch or separating liquid components in recipes that require a clear broth or sauce base.
- Wooden Spoon: For gently mixing ingredients such as flour and water to form the dough without overworking it, which could result in tough pasta.
- Large Bowl: To combine all dry ingredients before forming dough for pasta making or any recipe steps that require blending of components like herbs and spices.
1/2 14.5-ounce package multi-grain spaghetti (the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen used Barilla Plus) or whole wheat pasta
3/4 cup coarsely chopped Italian parsley
6 tablespoons olive oil, divided
3 tablespoons drained capers
3 anchovy fillets
3 garlic cloves, chopped, divided
6 cups thinly sliced savoy cabbage
1/2 12-ounce bag frozen haricots verts (slender green beans), thawed
1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan cheese, divided
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