Carmelized Onion with Clove and Red Wine Pasta

My first few days of unemployment have flown by relatively quickly. Sunbathing, walking Wookie Weasel, getting brunch... I could get used to this. Alas, soon I will be en route to California, and unemployment will lose its charm as boredom and insanity set in. In an effort to avoid that I plan to get in shape, get crafty, and get cooking! My first documented project is below:

Caramelized onions with garlic, cloves and red wine? Might sound weird. But it's TASTY!

First, boil water! Next thinly slice white onion and put into a pan with a little bit of olive oil on low heat. You'll notice I have a cast-iron plate underneath my pan. This regulates the heat and helps maintain the type of continuous low heat you're looking for. Then add in garlic and cloves. The recipe called for whole cloves, but I didn't have any, so I used a few pinches of ground cloves.

Set the timer for 20 minutes and wait until it looks something like this:

Add your pasta to the water! Then start to add in the red wine bit by bit to the onion mixture, letting in evaporate and condense before adding the next bit. It will start to look like this:

When it looks like this, your pasta should be nearly done:

Time to add butter!

Put the onion mixture on top of the pasta and add some parmigiano!

Toss and consume!

So easy and so tasty! Recipe shot below:

Officially Unemployed

Yesterday was my last day. Supposedly. I've been asked to go in a day or two next week to train my replacement. We'll see how that goes.

I'm creating a list of goals so that I don't go crazy with all this free time on my hands. It's going to be hard enough to get everything packed in the next two weeks, so I'm not too worried about it yet, but once I go back to California, I'll probably be ready to pry my eyes out of their sockets out of boredom.

So, here's to the first post. The next will be more interesting.