【英语趣味课堂】怎样做意大利面-How to Make Spaghetti

Hello, and welcome to our show.

Today, we’ll be making one of my favourite recipes.

 

It’s called the egg spaghetti.

 

First, what you will need for this recipe is:

 

About a hundred grams of dried spaghetti,

Two table spoons of olive oil,

Fifty grams of minced¹ meat,

About a half of a medium onion,

Half a cup of chopped mushrooms,

One cup of tomato sauce, or peeled crushed tomatoes 

(I prefer peeled crushed tomatoes)

And lastly, you will need one egg.

 

First, let your water come to a boil, and boil your dried spaghetti.

 

While you are waiting for your spaghetti to boil, you can prepare your sauce.

 

Heat up the pan with the olive oil, and add the minced meat.

Brown the minced meat until it gets nice and brown.

Lower the heat to about medium heat, and then add your chopped onions.

 

It’s important to fry your onions in lower heat so that you can let it caramelize. It’ll take a while but it will be worth the effort, because all of the sugars will come out of the onion and bring a nice sweat taste to your sauce.

 

Then, add your mushrooms (your chopped mushrooms), and keep stirring it around until it gets nice and tender.

 

And then lastly, you can add your tomato sauce, or peeled crushed tomatoes.

 

And let it simmer for a bit until it gets nice and warm.

 

Your spaghetti should be ready by now. So you can drain the water out and add a bit of olive oil to your spaghetti, so that it won’t stick. Put your spaghetti on a plate, and then pour some of your sauce on top.

 

Now, you can fry your egg on a pan sunny-side-up. I like to leave the yolk² nice and soft. And then put the fried egg on top of your spaghetti. Now, when you eat your spaghetti, I like to pierce the egg with a fork so that all the yolk drizzles⁴ out and becomes a part of the sauce. The egg is quite alkaline, so it brings a nice mild taste that counteracts⁵ with the acidic tomato.

 

And enjoy!

 

学习内容：

 

minced meat

 

You'll need fifty grams of minced meat and one egg. 

 

When something is 'minced,' it is chopped into very small pieces. Notice the following:

 

You can make this pasta with minced meat or cheese.

Too much minced meat is unhealthy for you.

brown

 

Brown the minced meat until it gets nice and brown. 

 

Here 'brown' is used as a verb, meaning to cook the meat until it turns brown, showing that it is cooked. Notice the following:

 

You need to brown the hamburger before you do anything else.

It will take a few minutes for the steak pieces to brown.

caramelize

 

It's important to fry your onions in low heat so that you can let it caramelize. 

 

When something that you cook 'caramelizes' it means that you cover it with melted sugar. In this case, it means more to cook them until they become clear. Notice the following:

 

The caramelized onions on the top of this bread really give it a lot of flavor.

The best part of this salad is the caramelized walnuts⁶ that go on the top.

simmer

 

Let it simmer for a bit until it gets nice and warm. 

 

When something 'simmers,' it cooks at a lower temperature than boiling, but there are still a few bubbles.  You usually simmer sauces on low heat. Notice the following:

 

How long do you have to simmer the sauce?

This soup has been simmering most of the day.

drizzles out

 

I like to pierce the egg with a fork so that all the yolk drizzles out and becomes part of the sauce. 

 

When a liquid 'drizzles out' of something it comes out slowly, rather than all at the same time. Notice the following:

 

The oil just drizzles out of this bottle.

You have to use something that lets the frosting just drizzle³ out.

alkaline/acidic

 

The egg is quite alkaline, so its taste counteracts with the acidic tomato. 

 

An 'alkaline' material contains alkali, which are used in chemistry to neutralize⁷ acids. Something 'acidic' has acids, so it has a sharp and strong flavor. Notice the following:

 

Some people don't like grapefruit because it is so acidic.

If I have coffee and orange juice in the morning I get an upset stomach because they are both very acidic.

1 minced   

v.切碎( mince的过去式和过去分词 )；剁碎；绞碎；用绞肉机绞（食物，尤指肉）

参考例句：

• He minced over to serve us. 他迈着碎步过来招待我们。
• A young fop minced up to George and introduced himself. 一个花花公子扭扭捏捏地走到乔治面前并作了自我介绍。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 yolk   

n.蛋黄，卵黄

参考例句：

• This dish would be more delicious with some yolk powder.加点蛋黄粉，这道菜就会更好吃。
• Egg yolk serves as the emulsifying agent in salad dressing.在色拉调味时，蛋黄能作为乳化剂。

3 drizzle   

v.下毛毛雨；n.毛毛雨，蒙蒙细雨

参考例句：

• The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
• Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。

4 drizzles   

蒙蒙细雨，毛毛雨( drizzle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• "Grain lain" day-bringing gentle drizzles-was not far off. “谷雨”节一天近一天了。 来自汉英文学 - 春蚕
• It drizzles sometimes, moistening the thirsty fields lightly and selflessly. 它大多是毛毛细雨，轻柔而又无私地滋润着干涸的大地。

5 counteracts   

对抗，抵消( counteract的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The drug counteracts the effects of the poison. 这种药可抵消毒物的作用。
• Offset Something that balances, counteracts, or compensates the effects of another thing. 弥补用来平衡、抵消或偿还另一财物的东西。

6 walnuts   

胡桃（树）( walnut的名词复数 )； 胡桃木

参考例句：

• Are there walnuts in this sauce? 这沙司里面有核桃吗？
• We ate eggs and bacon, pickled walnuts and cheese. 我们吃鸡蛋，火腿，腌胡桃仁和干酪。

7 neutralize   

v.使失效、抵消，使中和

参考例句：

• Nothing could neutralize its good effects.没有什么能抵消它所产生的好影响。
• Acids neutralize alkalis and vice versa.酸能使碱中和碱，亦能使酸中和。