Archive for the 'Pasta/Pizza/Pulses' Category
Pizza
Lasy year, we got into the habit of eating pizza fairly regularly on a Friday night so, when stuck for something to eat last night, it seemed natural to revert back to our old habits. We didn’t really do anything exciting this time, just salami, peppers and mozarella but ran into some problems with the […]
Read More..>>Lasagne
My love of lasagne is well documented, probably the only reason we don’t eat it more regularly is that it takes such a long time to put together. I’ve been craving it for a little while though and thought it would be a nice meal for Stephen to come home to after his first day […]
Read More..>>Leek Risotto
Having received leeks in our vegetable box yesterday, we decided on leek risotto this evening. We added some pancetta and sage too, not just leeks. We added some leeks in the beginning to cook down and then saved some to add near the end to give a fresher leek flavour too, which worked very well. […]
Read More..>>Minimalist Thin Crust Pizza
We often cook pizza on a Friday night, but this weekend we ended up cooking it for lunch on Saturday. We had bought some “Tipo OO” flour which we were keen to use, as it should result in a better crust. We used the same recipe that we’ve used a few times recently – Jamie […]
Read More..>>Pizza Puttanesca and Pizza with Mushrooms and Truffle Oil
Given our great love of pasta puttanesca with all of its brilliant anchovy-chilli-capery-oliveyness, we figured that the various components would make a good pizza topping. We made the dough from Jamie Oliver’s pizza dough recipe, which we’ve had some issues with in the past, but it turned out rather well this time, done in a […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti Puttanesca (Almost)
After our lamb shanks last night, we ended up with some left over ingredients: half a tin of anchovies and half a tin of tomatoes. Kerri pointed out that that was the beginnings of puttanesca sauce which we have cooked many times before and love, so we stuck with that idea. Compared to our usual […]
Read More..>>Pappardelle with Rabbit
Yesterday we cooked rabbit casserole, and part of Kerri’s great rabbit-related master plan was to make left over casserole into pasta sauce today. We reduced the leftover casserole down until the liquid was about a third of the original amount. We shredded the meat, then returned it to the reduced liquid and added about 150ml […]
Read More..>>Carbonara
Please excuse the rubbish picture; Stephen is out this evening and I haven’t quite got to grips with this whole lighting thing. Also, I was hungry and this didn’t strike me as the kind of dish that should sit around for too long while I faffed about with f-stops and appertures. I didn’t have anything […]
Read More..>>Risotto with Chorizo and Onion Squash
We had some friends over for Thai food on Saturday night (the pictures were terrible hence the lack of post) and served some steamed onion squash with our green curry. It wasn’t a particularly big squash but, as always seems to be the way, there was loads left over so we decided to roast it […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Cabbage, Chilli and Anchovies
We’ve cooked spaghetti with bacon and cabbage before, so when we were wondering what to do with the cabbage in our fridge, we decided to try a variation on the theme. In order to keep it relatively healthy, we went for chilli and anchovies rather than bacon. It wasn’t as successful as the version with […]
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