What a great day. I'd forgotten just how much fun it is to make fresh pasta; very satisfying. I'd also forgotten how much hard work is required to knead the dough, especially when you have an audience of 8-year-old schoolchildren. This is the 10 minutes or so between the lovely eggs nestling in a flour … Continue reading Pasta for Italian Day
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Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
So. How to politely describe this dish then? Let's say that the name links this quick, tangy, salty and robust dish, to ladies of the night.. Whether it's purely in name, or factually linked to the stories passed down over the decades, this dish certainly gets the blood pumping. It's my chosen twist on Jamie … Continue reading Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
Dinner from Scraps
Dinner knocked up from what was leftover: a corner of cheese, a frond of dill, dried linguine, half a courgette (zucchini) and a dash of cream...