Sometimes you just want something fresh and citrusy, especially for the summer or as an accompaniment to fish. Ingredients Chilli / Garic / Onion chop Oil heat in a pan on a medium heat and add the above Leek cut longways to make it into long strips – these will mix nicely with pasta if you use spaghetti … Continue reading
This is just an easy little sauce, which you can either make quickly in about 30 minutes or leave to reduce. Ingredients Onion / Garlic chop onions and garlic Basil chop up including basil stems Oil start heating oil in a pan, add onion and garlic as well as basil stems Paprika take out the centre, pips and white … Continue reading
THE classic Italian pasta dish. What more do I need to say about it? As with a lot of my meals, it is possible to cook it quickly in about 30 minutes. But for the full flavours to come out, it is worth really taking your time with it. I even prefer making it a day … Continue reading
Ohhhhhh Carbonara. My absolute favourite pasta sauce so I eat it almost every time we try a new Italian and while there are many ways of doing it I try to do it in the most traditional way, and have tried to perfect it over time. Absolutely perfect with a tomato, basil and mozzarella salad. Ingredients … Continue reading
I absolutely love mushroom sauce, just don’t get to eat it so much because my girlfriend doesn’t like like mushrooms. I think it is most important not to add too many gimmicks but let the mushrooms do the talking. That’s why you should try to get some fresh ones, ideally from a market or a greengrocer … Continue reading
Ok so this soup doesn’t look look amazing…and I will also concede that it is an acquired taste: not everyone likes it. BUT I love it! Give it a try and maybe it will surprise you. Ingredients Onions peel, halve and thinly slice. Put in a pan with Oil and start to fry. Carrots don’t peel but clean and then … Continue reading
On first look this looks very similar to what I posted yesterday. And in a way it is, but the difference is in the preparation and you get it in the taste afterwards. One thing this recipe does show is how flexible you can be in cooking. Both makes a similar looking soup but with … Continue reading
Pumpkin starts invading and taking over my kitchen towards the end of the year when it’s fresh off the fields. My girlfriend and I absolutely love it, although we always argue about who makes the better soup. She likes to add a little bit of apple and some tomato puree, feel free to try it, … Continue reading
If you’ve eaten soup at my place you’re 90% certain to have had broccoli soup. It is one of my absolute favourites because it is super easy and extremely easy to make. Good tasting broccoli is available most of the year so it is a really good go to. Ingredients: Broccoli (/ optionally add chopped potato to … Continue reading
Over the next couple of days I am going to be posting some of my most used soup recipes, so I thought that I would write a little piece about the Greatness of the Simple Vegetable Soup. “Sounds like a bit of an exaggeration”, you might think. You would be wrong. Because, from the basics of … Continue reading
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