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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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Continue reading →: Prawn, chilli and mint spaghettifrom Family Cooking by Justin North (p76) fresh ginger (from the garden)garlicspring onions raw prawnsbok choyred chillies limesmint (from the garden) black peppercornssea salt flakesspaghetti pasta This is a very good dish, however if you are following the recipe the raw pawns will not “cook” in the minute or two it…
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Continue reading →: Cozze Alla MarinaraMussels Marinara from Venice: Food and Wine by M. E. Chojnacka Garlic, Leek, Celery, Red and Green Peppers, and Green AppleTomato Puree, Chilli Flakes, Basil LeavesWhite wineBread Crumbs and Curry PowderParsley I think this recipe also got lost in the translation. Neither the breadcrumbs or the Curry Powder are mentioned in…
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Continue reading →: *Fettuccine with Mutti Pizzutello Tomatoes & Calabrian Chilli Pepper Pasta SauceThe Fettuccine was made using leftover dough from the Ravioli. The Multi Pasta Sauce is now the best “sauce in a bottle” that I have so far come across. (Both the flour and pasta sauce were purchased at Woolworths) Highly recommended.
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Continue reading →: Balti Coconut Fish Curryfrom Flavours of India/ Cookidoo/ Thermomix long red chilliesfresh ginger (home grown)garliccorianderbrown onionturmericground corianderground cumintomatoesgaram masalawhite fish fillets green beanscoconut milk I omitted the sugar, and doubled the chilli. The dish was OK but lacking any wow flavour. Balti curries should be cooked quickly over high heat frying lots of…






