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Try This Mouthwatering Pasta With An Optional Marijuana Kick

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February 7, 2025

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Nothing is better on a winter night than pasta – go the extra step with this cannabis infused tomato sauce

Super Bowl weekend, cold weather, or just the need for some comfort food? Try this mouthwatering pasta with an optional marijuana kick. This pasta will make your mouth grateful for winter as it warms you up and tickles your tastebuds. And it has the benefits of being able to help you relax if you add in some cannabis.

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Todd Gray is a highly accomplished chef with a rich culinary background. Gray was appointed one of the inaugural State Department Chefs representing the U.S. in Italy and Canada. Well-known in the culinary world, he has appeared on several cooking shows with renowned chefs like Bobby Flay, Guy Fieri, and Tyler Florence. In 2013, he co-authored the cookbook The New Jewish Table with his wife, Ellen Kassoff. Chef Gray’s extensive travels for culinary research have taken him to the Middle East for the Museum of the Bible and to New Zealand for the Cervena Council.

Gray and Kassoff have developed numerous hospitality projects, including Salamander Resort and Spa in Middleburg, Virginia, Watershed at the Hilton Garden Inn, Equinox on 19th and Muse at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Gray will be a featured speaker at February Women Who Grow Conference.

Here is how to mike Chef Gray’s mouthwatering pasta. You can vary the marijuiana potency based on how much regular vs cannabutter you use in the recipe.

Ingredients

8 cloves roasted garlic, minced
2 teaspoons cannabutter
1 teaspoon miso paste
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Create

Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Add garlic and sauté for about 1 minute.
Pour in heavy cream,miso paste and bring to a simmer.
Whisk in Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper.
Let simmer over low heat for 5-7 minutes until it is thick and creamy.
Pour over pasta and serve immediately.

Cannabutter Recipe (can make ahead)

Ingredients

2 cups butter
1 cup water
20 ML Cannabis oil

Create

Chop butter into smaller pieces
Put butter, water and cbd oil into a small pot
Heat over low heat for 2 hours (You want to use low heat so the CBD oil does not cook out)
Let the mixture cool a little
Stir and pour into airtight container
Refrigerate and use like normal butter