pasta

Here is a simple quick Italian pasta dish which can be prepared with a "ribbon" pasta variety such as Tagliatelli or Linguini or a large tube pasta, for example Penne Rigata .. How to´s .. 1 Kilo of fresh red ripe sustainable or bio tomatoes ( de-seeded ) and sliced into quarters .. 1...

Are there any quick and easy ways to spice up store-bought pasta sauce for a weekday dinner?

Ingredients Pasta 1- ½ cups All-purpose flour 2 Eggs (large eggs) 2 Egg yolks 1 Tbsp olive oil ½ lb Fresh spinach, blanched, squeezed dry and finely chopped 6 Cloves fresh garlic, crushed and finely chopped (large cloves) ½ tsp Salt Sauce ½ Cup butter 1 lb Vidalia onions or...

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I have a few bags and boxes of pasta, spaghetti, and macaroni. All the packaging is sealed. The "Best by" dates range from 2009 to 2015. Should I be safe, throw it all away, and buy fresh products or can I still use it? Thanks.

A lot of meals I make are designed to accommodate vegan and pescatarian and/or carnivores in the house. Starting off with a basic sauce and taking it in several directions is a good option. This is a straightforward sauce to make. You could add minced meat instead of the soya mince for a meat...

Pasta e ceci, what a tastiness! A dish from Tuscany but spread in all the Italian Regions, each with its variants. In this recipe I often add some bacon cubes - or, you can put some pork rind or a piece of lard as I eat pasta and chickpeas in my family -. Anyway, bacon/lard or pork rind give...

Hello everyone, I'm a student from the Netherlands and I've been learning more about globalization lately. Personally I like to talk about food so I would like to know what dish that is not originally from your own culture or country, can you not live without? For me it's traditional italian...

OK - I know. Chocolate pasta really? Yep, really. Actually it should be cocoa pasta but Cacao tend to get translated as chocolate into English.... There are 2 versions of this. The sweet and the bitter. This is the sweet one. Ingredient 150g '00' Pasta Flour 50g Cocoa powder (preferably...

OK - I know. Chocolate pasta really? Yep, really. Actually it should be cocoa pasta but Cacao tend to get translated as chocolate into English.... There are 2 versions of this. The sweet and the bitter. This is the bitter one, you can get the sweetness from your sauce! I will also add a...

Fregola is a typical Sardinian semolina's pasta. Serves 2 , Preparation time 1 hour (if use fresh clams) and 20 minutes, Cooking time 30 minutes 180 g. of Fregola 500 g. of small fresh clams (you can also use frozen clams) 1 lt. of fish stock made by some broth fishes (or use clams cooking...

Have you ever made Ravioli? If not, then now is your chance to try! If you have cooked it before, you can share your wisdom and cook along too. The idea of the Cookalong is that members cook a classic recipe within a certain timescale and share their experience. Its a bit of fun and a chance to...

Serves 4, preparation time 15 minutes, cooking time 20 minutes 400 g. pasta (what you prefer, I’ve used short pasta – Rigatoni) 300 g. champignon mushrooms (or mushrooms you prefer) 250 g. mozzarella 150 g. gammon 30 g. grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 half a glass of dry white wine 1 clove of...

A simple and tasty pasta dish with aubergine, fresh tomatoes, basil and grated parmesan.

I'm having trouble finding a pasta sauce recipe made from home canned whole tomatoes that isn't either too bitter or too sweet. Do any of you have one you'd like to share?

Do you use ready made pasta sauces? It seems that, in the UK, sales of these sauces have fallen. According to a report from trade journal the Grocer, sales of cooking sauces fell by £30m in 2016 – 3.7% in value – the sixth consecutive year of decline. The magazine attributes this to the 'health...

Ingredients Butter 2 slices bread 2 handfulls of chifferi rigati pasta 1 tablespoon olive oil 6 garlic cloves, crushed 3 shallots, finely chopped 1 teaspoons English mustard 1⁄2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 3 tablespoons sieved tempora flour 400 ml milk salt & freshly ground black pepper 200...

This recipe was inspired by the beautiful Orange Rapture tomatoes, grown here in Kent. You could make this with any good ripe tomatoes, of course but use golden or yellow tomatoes if you want the colour. Saffron and splash of white wine adds a real depth and aromatic twist to the sauce. (Serves...

Source: http://www.healthyfoodguide.com.au/recipes/2012/march/egg-and-vegetable-pasta Ingredients: 320 g penne pasta 2 cups frozen peas, thawed 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed, halved lengthways, cut into 5 cm lengths 3 medium zucchinis, trimmed, coarsely grated 3 medium carrots, coarsely grated 2...

Another recipe in which I "cheat" using condensed soup. Ingredients 16 large prawns, shell and head removed and deveined 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 12 garlic cloves, crushed 2 large red chilies, thinly sliced 300 g condensed tomato soup 2 tablespoons basil, chopped salt &...