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Continue reading →: Insalata di rucola e gamberettiRocket and prawn salad from Antonio Carluccio’s Vegetables by Antonio Carluccio Doesn’t get much simpler than this (except for peeling prawns, although made a quick prawn bisque by boiling the heads and shells, blending and straining)
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Continue reading →: Härdöpfu-bitzliugust 1: Swiss National Day On Swiss National Day (August 1) 1I was faced with choice of dusting off the fondue set or making roti, I opted for something different. Don’t ask me to pronounce it! I followed the recipe here, but substituted cream for the water. https://www.helvetickitchen.com/recipes/hardopfubitzli Ingredients: butter,…
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Continue reading →: Pasta with puréed red beans and shiitakesfrom The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living (page 214) by Mark Bittman fresh shiitake mushrooms/ garlic / EVOO /S & PCooked/ tinned kidney beans through the food millPasta of choice (I tried a new Woolworths product, a Casarecce by Lello)Topped with Parmesan cheese & parsley This was…
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Continue reading →: *Spaghetti alla marinarafrom Great Dishes of the World by Robert Carrier Spanish onion, garlic, oreganoBaby roma tomatoesPastaPrawns cooked in Clare Valley rieslingBarilla spaghetti #5
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Continue reading →: Risotto all’accetosellaRisotto with sorrel from Passione: Simple, Seductive Recipes for Lovers of Italian Food (page 61) by Gennaro Contaldo EVOO, Onion, celery risotto rice, vegetable stockParmesan cheese, Kerrygold butter, and Red Sorrell I suspect that the French sorrell has a more lemony flavour, so I added lemon juice.
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Continue reading →: *Spaghetti con fave, pomodorini e caprinoSpaghetti with broad beans, cherry tomatoes and goat cheese from Passione: Simple, Seductive Recipes for Lovers of Italian Food (page 38) by Gennaro Contaldo EVOO, cherry tomatoes, chilli, garlic, basil, broad beans, basil spaghetti (Barilla #5) and Dodini Greek Fetta. Excellent dish, full of flavour. The only time consuming part is peeling…
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Continue reading →: Asparagus RisottoThermomix/ Cookidoo Recipe It was very good. Basically followed the recipe, except: I don’t see the point of grating the cheese in the Thermomix and then having to clean the machine to proceed to the next stage. It is much easier to just grate the cheese when needed. The final…
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Continue reading →: Risotto alle caroteCarrot risotto from The Silver Spoon (page 332) by Phaidon Press Editors and The Silver Spoon Kitchen Baby carrotsonionPinot grisrisotto riceVegetable stockEmmental cheeseButter & cream I cooked this in the Thermomix loosely following the asparagus risotto recipe. (No garlic, and using Swiss cheese and cream, and I worked out how to…
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Continue reading →: Pesce spada al carroccioSwordfish in parchment with cardamom seeds from Venice: Food and Wine by M. E. Chojnacka p69 SugarRed OnionsSwordfishCardamomTomatoEVOOWild Greens I think this recipe got lost in the translation. Eg. 12 cardamom pods for 4 people, but only one cardamom pod in each parcel? So I just divided the total ingredients by 4.…
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Continue reading →: Casarecce Pasta with Courgettesfrom Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration (page 5) by Nigella Lawson garlic oilspring onionscourgettes – organicVermouth (Noilly Prat)parsleyParmesan cheesecasarecce pasta A very good dish, but improved with some chilli flakes for an extra dimension.
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