Love Apple Linguine (sexy Fried Green Tomatoes)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb linguine
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dill
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1/4 cup wine (your favorite, red or )
• 3 big fat firm tomatoes (any color, sliced to 1/4 inch)

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta.
• 2 while pasta is cooking-- combine next 7 ingredients in a plastic container with a lid-- cover and shake to mix well.
• 3 melt butter and oil in a skillet over med-high.
• 4 add garlic.
• 5 put 2 tomato slices at a time into the flour mixture and shake back and forth to coat well.
• 6 place in skillet and fry for 4-5 minutes.
• 7 flip and fry for a few more minutes.
• 8 if the skillet dries, pour some milk or wine as you flip the maters.
• 9 remove to a serving plate (keep them warm--you can keep them in a warm oven).
• 10 once all tomatoes are fried, reduce heat to med low and pour remaining milk and wine into the hot skillet, whisking.
• 11 when heated well, add 1/4 cup of remaining flour mixture stirring constantly (lumps are unattractive).
• 12 add more flour mixture as needed to achieve a creamy flowing gravy.
• 13 remove from heat and pour into serving implement.
• 14 drain pasta, toss with olive oil, and divide among 4 plates.
• 15 place several of the tomatoes on top of each serving, and pour sauce over the top.