Pasta Romanov

A dead easy recipe that can be whipped up in about 15 minutes from minimal ingredients for maximum style.

Ingredients

• Pasta (taglietelli, spaghetti or angel hair prefered)
• Mascarpone cheese (or similar mild cream cheese - e.g. Philadelphia)
• Tomato puree (paste)
• Vodka
• Caviar (or lumpfish roe - cheaper alternative)
• Whole lemon

Boil a kettle and put the pasta on. Melt the cheese (do not overheat) and stir in a little tomato puree to turn it salmon pink. Add a slug of vodka to the melted cheese. Add a teaspoon of caviar to the cheese and toss the drained pasta in it to coat. Cut lemon into wedges and use as garnish with a teaspoon or two of caviar.

Champagne or crisp white wine.

More about the Romanovs here!