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
So I just posted an edited version of this classic dish and thought it was important to also show the classic version. The spring onions can be substituted with rocket, spinach or left altogether. Ingredients/Preperation tagliatelle boil until al dente. once done: drain and put in a pan with plenty of oil… garlic …crush and add to the … Continue reading
This is such a quick and simple dish (you can also make it with spaghetti to make it even faster) and great comfort food. The traditional dish is simply garlic, peperoncino, oil and maybe some greens like parsley or rocket. As you can see I substituted some of these to try something new. Ingredients … Continue reading
Sage is a special one for me. Growing up in the UK we had a nice garden which we kept the way I think any garden should be: a bit wild and unkept, meaning that things grew at a great rate and there were always insects buzzing around. One of the great things we had was a … Continue reading
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