The holidays are over, but that won’t stop Jennifer Lee from sharing with us her recipe for Confetti Pasta!
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00:00You know, there's a lot of delicious food in this holiday season.
00:04You'll just have to look for the simple foods that are easy to make but still taste like Christmas.
00:12Of course, Mars!
00:13And that's the answer of our hot chef today, Mars Jennifer here in...
00:19Mars Mabuhay!
00:23I'd like to call this confetti pasta because of the colors.
00:27Okay.
00:28So we chopped the bell peppers into cube shapes.
00:33And then you also have basil.
00:35Yeah, fresh basil.
00:36Sun-dried tomatoes.
00:37Sun-dried tomatoes.
00:38Garlic.
00:39And then of course, garlic, salt, and pepper, and oil, and your cooked penne.
00:43Yes!
00:44The pasta is penne. It has to be penne.
00:46Yes.
00:47I have a trivia.
00:48According to the American National Pasta Association, there are over 600 kinds of pasta shapes.
00:54And one of them is the penne pasta.
00:56The penne is one of the most popular Italian pasta shapes.
00:59It translates to the word pinch.
01:01Or, well, pinch.
01:02Okay.
01:03And even though the name is inspired by the shape, it's short, cylindrical, with angled edges.
01:07It looks like the head of a quail or a mountain quail.
01:09Oh, that's why!
01:11Yeah, penne pasta.
01:12That's right.
01:13Amazing.
01:14Nice one, Kuya Kim.
01:16Share it.
01:17How is it, Andrea? Is it al dente?
01:19Mmm, it's delicious.
01:20It's perfect.
01:21It's the same as Andrea's.
01:22I'm getting hungry.
01:25We're going to add the olive oil.
01:28What's next?
01:29There.
01:30We can now add the garlic.
01:32I like it when you have assistants.
01:34Yes!
01:35That's why we're here.
01:37We're hungry.
01:38We do everything together.
01:39We love to eat.
01:40Of the three of you, who loves to eat the most?
01:42Gwen.
01:43Oh, my God.
01:44It's obvious.
01:45It's not obvious, but she eats a lot.
01:47Wow.
01:49Even the buffet.
01:50But you studied culinary arts.
01:51Yes, I did.
01:52Culinary arts.
01:53I graduated.
01:54We'll add the bell peppers first.
01:57Because this cooks longer than the others.
02:00These are the things that chefs know that we don't know.
02:03Yeah.
02:04That's me.
02:05I put all of it.
02:08We're going to soften the bell peppers.
02:10Yeah, soften it a bit.
02:11We can add salt now.
02:12For other vegetables, like, let's say, tomatoes, eggplants, zucchini.
02:17When you saute it, you'd like to put salt right away.
02:22Yeah.
02:23Aside from the taste, it will also reduce the water.
02:25Because it's for the vegetables, right?
02:27Yeah.
02:28For the water retention.
02:29Yeah.
02:30So that it doesn't...
02:32So that it's easier to sear.
02:33Here are our sun-dried tomatoes.
02:35Yeah.
02:38Gwen, you spilled oil.
02:40Sorry, sis.
02:41I love you.
02:42You can't really avoid it in the kitchen, right?
02:44Oh, I spilled.
02:45I spilled.
02:48Okay, next.
02:49Next, we can add our sun-dried tomatoes.
02:52Kuya Kim has a question.
02:55Yeah, you were asking if we can use fresh tomatoes.
02:57Yes, we can.
03:00Sun-dried tomatoes have a more intense flavor.
03:04The acidity.
03:05Yes, it's concentrated.
03:06And that's what we like about it.
03:08Yeah.
03:09Since the star of the dish are the vegetables and the tomatoes,
03:14I decided to use sun-dried to intensify the flavor of the sauce for the pasta.
03:19Right.
03:20Okay.
03:21You know you're also a DJ, right?
03:22Yes.
03:23So you're listening to music while you're cooking.
03:24Yes, I love to listen to music.
03:27And when you're cooking, you have to dance a little.
03:30Yes.
03:31So that you have more food.
03:34Are you dancing?
03:35She's dancing with us.
03:36Are you dancing?
03:37The wind.
03:38You guys are dancing.
03:39Okay.
03:41It smells so good.
03:42It smells so good.
03:43It's so easy to make.
03:44Yeah.
03:45This?
03:46Yes, you can do it.
03:47You do the soaking.
03:48No, you do it.
03:49It's easy.
03:50It's done.
03:51After we put the pasta in the pan.
03:57I don't know how to soak it.
03:59But you can use other pasta.
04:01You can.
04:02You can use other pasta.
04:03Or why not?
04:04But I think it's better to soak it.
04:05Yeah, because I'm making confetti pasta.
04:09Confetti is like that, right?
04:11It's dry.
04:12It's dry.
04:13Yes.
04:14It's very colorful.
04:16Andrea, you have a lot of social media posts with your kids.
04:19What do you do together?
04:20Do you cook together also?
04:22Actually, sometimes with my boyfriend's daughter.
04:26We do a lot of baking.
04:28Because that's the fun for the kids, right?
04:31They use their hands.
04:33So Bea likes to bake more than anything else.
04:36Aside from the fact that you know how to follow.
04:39Right, that's Mar.
04:40She's a good girl.
04:41She's just a follower.
04:42Yes.
04:43She learned.
04:44Because it's boring to just watch.
04:46So I said, she might as well study.
04:51And you, Gwen, you're still into real estate?
04:54What else?
04:55Gwen, you're busy.
04:56Busy, busy.
04:57I know, I know.
04:58You're already full.
05:00You're already full.
05:01She's hungry.
05:02She's hungry.
05:03Gwen, are you still into real estate?
05:06No, I stopped.
05:07Okay.
05:08So what's been keeping you busy?
05:11Campaign shirts and I'm selling...
05:13Business.
05:15And then calamity for machines.
05:18Calamity for machines.
05:19The government gets it.
05:22Sideline, sideline.
05:24Gwen Garcia.
05:25That's right.
05:27This is Jennifer.
05:28You're also a martial artist.
05:29Yes.
05:31MMA now.
05:32I'm training MMA and FMA because I'm doing a movie with direct Bono Fajardo.
05:38So it's about Filipino martial arts.
05:41I'll put the fresh basil and this is done.
05:45It looks delicious.
05:46It smells good.
05:48Yes.
05:50We can top this with parmesan cheese.
05:52For those who are not on a vegan diet.
05:57If you're a vegetarian, you can have cheese.
06:00Once the fresh basil withers, we are good.
06:05This is it, guys.
06:06Try it, guys.
06:08Yummy.
06:10You know, it's obvious that you're a good cook.
06:13It's delicious.
06:15And I like the consistency of the pasta.
06:17It's a bit al dente.
06:18Al dente.
06:19I think...
06:20Al dente is the best way.
06:21Mars, let's serve this.
06:23It's really delicious, Jen.
06:25I'm really gonna make this again.
06:26It's so simple.
06:27Because it's simple.
06:28It's so simple and it tastes really good.
06:31I'm so happy.
06:32I agree with you, Mars, on the Christmas feels.
06:34Right?
06:35There is a bit of that.
06:36It's because of the colors, Mars.
06:38It's very Christmassy.
06:39Thank you, Jen.
06:40Thank you, Mars.
06:41I'm glad you guys liked it.