Title: Table-Top Spaghetti Marco Polo
Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

1 lb Cooked spaghetti in a large
-salad bowl
1 c Chopped walnuts
1 c Chopped black olives
1 c Chopped bottled red pimiento
Toss above three together in
-an attractive bowl
1/2 c Chopped fresh parsley, in a
-small bowl
12 lg Leaves fresh basil, thinly
-sliced, in a small bowl
1/4 c Garlic vinaigrette (see oil
-and lemon dressing
-variation below) in a bowl
-or pitcher with mixing fork
Salt and white pepper, both
-in grinders
1 1/2 c Loosely packed chilled
-crumbled cheese such as
-feta, goat cheese,
-Roquefort, or blue

---------------------------OIL AND LEMON DRESSING---------------------------
2 Strips of fresh lemon peel
-(1 x 21/2 inches each)
1/4 ts Salt, plus more, if needed
1/2 tb Dijon-type prepared mustard
1 tb Freshly squeezed lemon juice
-(up to 2)
1/2 c Fine fresh oil
Freshly ground pepper

Have all the ingredients at the table. With flourish and confidence, begin
by elegantly folding into the spaghetti the chopped nuts and vegetables,
along with the parsley and basil. Toss in spoonfuls of dressing, tasting
for seasoning, and adding salt and pepper as needed. Serve onto chilled
plates, sprinkle each salad with crumbled cheese.

Oil and Lemon Dressing: Mince the lemon peel very finely with the salt,
scrape it into the mortar or bowl, and mash into a fine paste with the
pestle or spoon. Beat in the mustard and 1 tbsp. of the lemon juice; when
thoroughly blended, start beating in the oil by droplets to make a
homogeneous sauce-easier when done with a small electric mixer. Beat in
droplets more lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.

Emulsion note: Slow additions of oil and constant beating make the emulsion
here, and if the sauce doesn't "take"-too bad-just beat it well before
using.
Garlic Vinaigrette Variation: Mash and mince the garlic, then either mash
it to a pure'e with the lemon peel, or alone with the salt. Proceed with
the recipe.

Recipes from The Way to Cook by Julia Child (Knopf, copyright c 1989 by
Julia Child) Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by
JeannePie@aol.com on Apr 28, 1997