Carbonara Fruitcake

Spaghetti alla Carbonara and fruitcake have absolutely nothing to do with each other except that they both attended the same party in my stomach. The first is a rich Italian pasta dish. It's like someone said "Let's have breakfast for dinner and hey we have wine too!" and carbonara was born. A sauce of white wine, eggs, bacon, olive oil and cheese gets stirred onto the hot pasta. There is enough heat off the pasta that the eggs get cooked. If you haven't tried it yet, I highly recommend you do.

Fruitcake. Jason and I were talking about foods with a bad reputation one day (meatloaf, fruitcake etc). Fruitcake is the butt of jokes. It's that Christmas present that nobody wants. Hard as a rock and flavorless, I've heard it makes a mighty fine doorstop. But, if fruitcake really is so bad, why did it ever get made more than once? It's full of dried fruit which doesn't come cheaply, so we had to think there was something to it that made people want to repeat the experience. Homemade meatloaf is awesome too.

 

We found a fruitcake recipe with great reviews for a little post Christmas holiday cheer. I have to say it is wonderful. Full of flavor and spice, it is the exact opposite of what fruitcake is made out to be. We wondered how long it might maintain its quality, but I don't think any of it will be around long enough for us to find out.

 

 If you need more fruitcake love, there's always the Jimmy Buffett song "Fruitcakes". He may be talking about people though and not the edible variety.

 

Half baked cookies in the oven
Half baked people on the bus
There's a little bit of fruitcake left in everyone of us