Recipe: Sara Danesin’s Pasta Alla Norma

Pasta Alla Norma

This is a classic Sicilian recipe blending the flavours of aubergines, tomatoes, basil and ricotta. The term Norma seems to refer to the lady who developed the dish whose standard was deemed as high as Bellini’s opera La Norma. Recipe developed by Sara Danesin for Garofalo pasta. Recipe: Pasta Norma Ingredients 2 medium aubergines, sliced [...] [...]

Recipe: Mustardy Sausage & Sticky Onion Pasta

Mustardy Sausage & Sticky Onion Pasta-1

Sticky onions, sausages and mustard make the perfect comforting food pasta. [...]

Christmas Leftovers – Recipe: Chestnut, Cranberry, Stilton & Sprout Pasta

Sprout Chestnut and cranberry pasta

Sprouts matched with some tart cranberries, soft sweet chestnuts and creamy Stilton it makes the perfect festive quartet from leftovers. [...]

Presto Pasta Night #221!

Presto Pasta Night Round Up! [...]

Lunch with Philadephia & A Recipe For Philly Pesto Chicken Pasta

Philly chicken pesto pasta

A day with Philly and a child friendly Philly pesto chicken pasta recipe [...]

A Tale of Three Carbonaras

Nigella Carbonara

Carbonara three ways, which will you like best? [...]

Pea, Smoked Mackerel and Horseradish Penne

Pea smoked mackerel horseradish pasta

This pretty cream, pink and green dish was simple to put together and used up an open packet of smoked mackerel fillets, the remains of a bag frozen peas and the scrapings of a jar of horseradish sauce. [...]

Product Review and Recipe: Clearspring Silken Tofu Miso Dressing or Sauce

Similarly to marmite, when it comes to tofu people generally fall into 2 camps.   Those that love it and those that do not.    I am firmly in the first group and am constantly on a mission to convert the tofu haters.   I fully understand why people might think that they do not love tofu; badly [...] [...]

Speedy Tomato Spaghetti with Capers & Haddock

Usually I cook everything from scratch, but in the last few months I have been lucky enough to be invited to attend several tastings for quite astonishingly good ready made products (namely Bertolli Sauces and Tilda Stir Fry Rices) that I am more than happy to keep in the cupboard and use on the occasions [...] [...]

Four Seed Tapenade

A classic tapenade usually consists of black olives, capers and anchovies mixed in varying proportions.  I added some seeds to this pungent mix, to both lighten taste & colour and to add a dose of healthy omega 3 & 6s.    My seeds were a mixture of flax (linseed), pumpkin, sunflower and sesame.     The seeds diluted [...] [...]

Tamari & Pak Choi Pasta

Sometimes the most simple dishes can be the most delicious.   This simple pasta contains only 4 ingredients which come together to make a delicious whole.    It is also fantastic cold, but I think that I would use broccoli in place of the pak choy. ( Whilst writing this up I discovered that pak choy and [...] [...]

Favourite Comfort Pasta

Having staggered back from the market loaded with goodies and knowing I am out again this afternoon and evening and with the weather being cold and damp, a quick, filling, comfort flavoursome lunch was in order. My favourite comfort pasta easy to cook in less than 15 mins all from stuff that I always have [...] [...]

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