Ravioli Time! Club Meeting at Group 2 Teaches Us the Art of Making Pasta
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Iniezione The newsletter of the NorthWest Alfa Romeo Club June, 2018 Ravioli Time! Club meeting at Group 2 teaches us the art of making pasta he team at Group 2 Motorsports always finds a way to learned that she is passionate about her pasta as well! share something fun and different when we visit and Pasta is made in varieties from thick to delicate, so dough T our May club meeting was no exception. As we ar- recipes vary accordingly. For our Ravioli, mix together 6 egg rived the space had the usual fun mix of cars and car-stuff, yolks, 1 full egg, 1.5 tsp olive oil and 1 Tbsp of heavy cream. but we also had a talented chef providing food and more! Next, pile up 2 cups of all- Our brief business meeting included officer reports and purpose flour on the counter, club status, plus the chance to meet a couple of new mem- hollow out the center to serve as bers at their first meeting. Then Group 2 owner John van a bowl and pour the egg, oil and Rensburg (JvR) talked about all the offerings and services at cream mixture in a little at a his shop. Sure, they repair Alfa Romeos but they also ser- time. Marianna recommends a vice almost all types of cars, so can look after your Toyota, fresh local flour like Shepherd’s Chevy and others as well. Upgrades, race prep and some Grain (sold as Fisher flour in restoration work are all within Safeway, QFC and Whole scope. With 6 techs working Foods) or Stone Buhr flour on cars plus a crack custom- (available at Bartell’s). er service team to help with Fold the flour into the liquid parts, fluids, shoes or what- with your finger tips; it’ll stick to them, making a ever you need, they have nice mess for a while. Keep folding the dough you covered. Check out into itself, and keep scraping the dough off your their website and follow them fingers back into the mix. Add flour to the table on Facebook and Instagram. top to keep it from sticking. If the dough gets too The crowd’s attention paid dry, it’s best to add egg whites or cream, not off when our main attraction water. As the dough becomes more uniform was introduced. Baker/Chef Marianna Stepniewski from and less sticky, don’t think you’re done. Oh no, you need to Heirloom Cookshop in the little rural town of Snoqualmie was keep flattening it onto the counter with your palm, then fold- there to teach us about making great Ravioli at home. Mari- ing the outsides in on itself for 8 – 10 minutes. anna works as the pastry chef (and much more) for this When your arms get tired, the dough is no longer sticky unique kitchen/café in an old brick fire station, well worth a and it’s very smooth, you may be close. The test is to take visit for breakfast, lunch or Saturday brunch. We quickly the ball of dough and press it with your thumb; the depres- sion should pop back out. If so, wrap it in plastic In this issue… * Alfa Sweeps Mille Miglia … p 10 and let sit on the counter for 1-3 hours. Then either * Ravioli Time! ………....... pp 1, 4 * Assegai-Alfa F1 Car ……….p 11 prepare it or refrigerate it overnight, but not longer. * President’s Column .............. p 2 * Membership Update ……... p 11 To use the dough, unwrap it and cut into 4 or 6 * Cindy Banzer at WACG …... p 3 * Classifieds ……….………... p 12 equal amounts. Bring to room temperature if * Winning Pasta Sauce …….. p 4 * Membership Form …..……. p 14 chilled. Flatten each with your palm or a floured * Garden Tour, BBQ, SOVREN * Calendar ……….......……... p 16 roller into an oval around 1/8 inch thick. Fold the Historics Corral …………….….p 5 rounded ends back onto themselves to create a * Ridge Lapping, Forest Grove Next club events… rectangle. Using an Atlas pasta rolling machine, Concours, Exotics at RTC ….. p 6 * Garden Tour ………….....June 2 set at Zero and floured, carefully hold the rectangle * Sempreverde Update, San * Cindy Banzer at WACG June 12 of pasta so as not to rip or tear it and roll it through, Juans, AROC at USGP …...... p 7 * Pre-Historics BBQ ……..June 29 twice; it will elongate each time. Set the Atlas to 1, * 3,600-mile Road Test …..pp 8,9 * Lapping at The Ridge …...July 7 then roll through twice more. (continued on page 4) President’s Column By Fred Russell There are only 24 Hours in a day… use ‘em well. turning to the Kingston was looking at my calendar and clearly, we’ve arrived at Ferry and our homes. the busy season filled with car events, social functions, car Next month will be key I events, vacations, conventions and car events. Luckily, if on this to register in our we plan, schedule, and communicate with our spouses and block of hotel rooms. family, we can do it all. That’s my plan anyway. Please look We live in a magical over the events on the club calendar and if you can’t hit them State and are lucky all, at least join along on a few. The best part of this season enough to drive fun is always the socializing with fellow members. Right behind cars. This is another that, seeing and driving the cars is rather wonderful too! chance to socialize On May 30 we just completed our second track event this while we enjoy the best year, a busy event on a great evening with a full house of of surroundings. Make drivers and plenty of help making it happen. Thank you to sure you join along! (Besides, I may have a gift that requires Mirko and everyone else for your efforts and participation. a corkscrew for each participating car!) Details and photos will be included in the July Iniezione. We ________________________________________________ are also planning an opportunity for NWARC to practice at any of us did not know much about Gerry Woolery The Ridge prior to sempreverde2018, at a shared track ses- other than he was a fine human being and excellent sion on July 7. Details are on page 6 of this newsletter. M chef who loved Alfa Romeos, but there is much Last call for being part of the fun Car Corral at Pacific Race- more to the story. This humble man died May 10th at age 73, ways during the PNW Historics Races! It is fun to see the at his home in Coupeville, Washington, after a long battle with many vintage and historic cars out there on track but even cancer. Born in Hollywood, Woolery attended Hamilton High more fun when you get prime parking in the car corral with all in Los Angeles and earned a film degree at Chouinard Art the other cars from the club. We need to pre-order the tickets Institute (now CalArts). When he wasn't working on TV so read about the details on page 5 of this issue and get your shows, films, cartoons and commercials, Gerry would race order in to Bill Gehring by June 7th. It’s a good cause, plus his Alfa Romeo at local tracks or perfect recipes as a cook there’s so much to see and hear at the track all weekend. and baker. Bonus on Friday is the NWARC BBQ at the Patitz home! Bo- Gerry ran Playhouse Pictures — founded by his father — nus on Sat and Sunday is noon time lapping of the track with and worked on films including 'Mannequin' and 'Loverboy.' the other car corral participants. He was an animator and graphic designer who received an If you haven’t reserved your space at the hotel and the con- Emmy Award for his work on the Allan Burns comedy “The vention for August, we need you to jump on it. The events Duck Factory”, starring Jim Carrey. Gerry also collaborated are filling fast, as is the hotel. The convention doesn’t come with renowned movie titleists Saul Bass (North by Northwest) to your neighborhood very often and you don’t want to miss and Sally Cruikshank. The latter commissioned him and his out. The pre-tours are full, but you’re local so I promise to team to develop and create the animated opening sequence lead you on any of these in the future if you missed out. for the 1986 Bette Midler-Danny DeVito comedy “Ruthless There are a lot of other events and tons of Alfas to see. People”, for which Mick Jagger sang the title song. The build- Jump on the site and register: http://sempreverde2018.org/ ing that was Playhouse Pictures was sold to CBS, who later As the season starts to wind down and the slightly cooler air sold it to the Jim Henson company. of September arrives, that signals the timing for the annual Gerry and his wife of 25 years, Angele, relocated to Whid- Half-Fast Lap of Washington. This year we start by exploring bey Island north of Seattle in 2000, where he ran his own res- the twisty roads and rich history along the southern edge of taurant, Gerry's Kitchen, from 2004-14. He was a serious the Olympic Mountains. We’ll lunch in the town of McLeary, car guy who loved sports cars but whose major passion was then I have a fun stop or two as we make our way towards Alfa Romeo, of which he owned and raced plenty over the the coast for the first night.