Spaghetti Carbonara is one of my absolute favourite, fall-back meals. By that I mean a meal that I can whip up in minutes with ingredients I have in my fridge/freezer with guaranteed success. It’s a really simple pasta but delivers big on flavour and ‘mmmm’-factor. Because this pasta is so simple however, it is necessary that you use only the very best quality ingredients you can get your hands on/afford. I suggest using dry cured, smoked streaky bacon, free-range eggs, strong Pecorino and the freshest cream possible. It’s also important to note that I am by no means an ‘authentic’ cook who sticks to traditions when I’m busy in the…
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I’ve made no secret over the last few years that I just love meatballs. I make them often and I am always trying to improve on my recipes. So last week when I made my first batch of home-made Ricotta, I wanted to use it in a way I had never done before. I thought of serving the ricotta on top of the pasta, which I did at the end as well, but also decided to mix some of the ricotta into the meatball mixture. I know how deliciously light the ricotta made my Ricotta blueberry pancakes and thought it might do the same with the meatballs. And I was…
After weeks of excess and indulgence in December, I find myself craving simplicity in January. Even though, surprisingly, us as a family behaved ourselves on the food front and didn’t allow ourselves to get carried away, I still have the need to eat the simplest of foods. Toast with a smear of Bovril is great for breakfast and a simple Caprese salad is all I need for lunch but for Dinner, I’d like something a long those same lines, but with a little more punch and flavour. That’s where this ridiculously simple but absolutely delicious pasta comes in. I love that the sauce (if you can call it a sauce)…
When I first started cooking meatless meals I thought constantly whether I would be able to do it once a week, I never though there was more than maybe 5 proper meal options. But it turned out that the more I cooked vegetarian food, the more ideas came to me. Most often, the ideas that come easiest are pasta dishes. It’s very easy to create a filling and delicious meal without meat when you have pasta as a base to work from. It can be incredibly simple or really complicated but it’s very hard to go wrong with pasta. In Nigella’s new book “Kitchen”, she has a recipe for Marmite…
Even though last night was “Valentine’s Night” and so many couples were off doing romantic things that I’m sure only really happen in the movies, I was so not in the mood to cook. I was feeling hot and bothered and just not in the mood for anything…never mind standing in front of my hot stove for more then 5 minutes. So I knew pasta would be the logical thing to cook, only, I was not going to be making a really deliciously fantastic slowly braised meat sauce, or even a fast Garlic & Mushroom sauce. I was contemplating on just serving it with some butter and salt (I’d seen…
When I first saw this done on Bits of Carey over at Food24, I knew it was genius. Not only is Spag Bol the staple of mothers everywhere, but it’s also got a comfort level not easily met by anything else. After all, pasta in every shape and form equals comfort, no? I have always veggie-loaded my Spag Bol to boost my family’s 5-a-day intake. I always, always, ALWAYS add fresh carrots, onions and garlic. Sometimes peas and corn, sometimes green beans or broccoli. But when I saw Carey using fresh baby spinach and rocket, I almost weeped. There’s just no better way to take this, usually winter-y dish and…
Also known as, Meatballs with Spaghetti. But no matter how you say it, this meal conjures up images of little old Italian ladies feeding their massive families and their sons just glowing in the love that is Mama’s cooking. I so hope to be one of those ladies one day. Although I’ll never be little nor Italian! I used Lamb mince for my meatballs but only because that’s what I had in the freezer. You could use any mince for this and it would be delicious. You could also make your own tomato sauce but using a few tins of tomato puree and chopped tomatoes just makes this so much…
