tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post7975653701959937380..comments2024-03-20T16:59:59.486-04:00Comments on The View from My Italian Kitchen: Mario Batali's Timpano di Maccheroni A Kitchen NightmareRon Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889299300426900456noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-88228319248127188302013-12-18T12:54:41.736-05:002013-12-18T12:54:41.736-05:00Thanks for the tip, Gina. I did look up that recip...Thanks for the tip, Gina. I did look up that recipe and it looks great. Actually, though, I have made other iterations of the dish from similar recipes and they all turn out fine. The bug I had with Mario's version was the funky crust. In your recipe -- as in most others -- the outer crust of the drum or dome is made up of sheets of pasta. Mario's recipe is a cross between a pasta and a pastry crust and it's just weird. You can make a timpano with rice. The Romans used to use breadcrumbs. I've even seen one done with thin strips of eggplant. And perhaps if the recipe we were following would have been better rendered, Mario's pastry crust creation might have turned out better as well. But as it was, it was a nightmare.Ron Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889299300426900456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-91619794166920718682013-12-18T11:45:38.028-05:002013-12-18T11:45:38.028-05:00google search the Timpano Recipe from the movie Bi...google search the Timpano Recipe from the movie Big Night. The recipe is excellent and explains every process in great detail. If you ever decide to do another Timpano, might I suggest that you plan ahead and when you make your ziti, sauce and meatballs: have ziti with meatballs for dinner one night a week or two before you make the Timpano, make extra pasta, meatballs & sauce as the recipe calls for and freeze them. I do this, and my drum turns out fabulous every time.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846547501253855220noreply@blogger.com