Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The Simple Cicada

Don’t want to bother cooking up something fancy just to enjoy the delicious taste of the cicada?? Well here is a quick and easy main dish recipe that should take only minutes to prepare:

Ingredients:
2 cups blanched cicadas
Butter to sauté
Two cloves crushed garlic
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh basil, or to taste
Your favorite pasta

Directions:
1. Melt butter in sauté pan over medium heat.
2. Add garlic and sauté for 30 seconds.
3. Add basil and cicadas and continue cooking, turning down the heat if necessary, for 5 minutes or until the cicadas begin to look crispy and the basil is wilted.
4. Toss with pasta and olive oil. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese if desired.

Yield:
4 servings

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