Let’s start w/ the obvious! Today is one of these grey days – last week we had lots of them w/ lots of rain. Now it’s getting really cold. During the coming days it’ll be below zero day & night, however, almost no snow. (This – the lack of snow – may be horrible if you crave for a walk in crisp white snow surrounded by snow filled trees under a clear blue sky –…
I always prepare tomato sauce during spring and summer w/ lots of fresh tomatoes roasted in the oven until a really soft mess. It’s the best tomato pasta for any pasta as well as vegetables or meat. You may produce quite a lot & store it in containers in your fridge for some days or even put to 2-3 weeks – be sure: it won’t last so long. What I had in mind for rather…
I love cannelloni!Just imagine the hot & bubbling mix of pasta & vegetables & meat or seafood covered in melted crispy cheese coming out of the oven … Remember how to attack the casserole in order to grab the 1st serving & transfer it onto a plate w/o any damage (it’s always easier when the 1st serving has left the casserole!). Maybe it’s because a cannelloni dish is so easy & fast to prepare –…
What means all’ amatriciana? Wikipedia says it’s simply pasta w/ tomatoes, bacon & pecorino from the Italian town of Amatrice – made w/ spaghetti. My travel companion wrote that it’s one of the distinguished pasta dishes of Roman cuisine … made w/ bucatini. During our Rome adventure I had bucatini all’ amatriciana for dinner: it was delicious!Back home I decided to give it a try in my kitchen … (after consulting my cookbooks …) Starting…
Some time ago I made simple cannelloni – simple classic cannelloni w/ meat & tomato sauce & melted cheese on top. I think it isn’t anything fancy with these cannelloni: there are no extraordinary ingredients (e. g. special rare Italian cheese or so), there are no modern add-ons (e. g. any gluten-free pasta or so) … or whatever! So let’s start & share the recipe! I happen to have a wonderful casserole able to house…
Honestly, sometimes it isn’t so easy to think about what we might have for lunch – something easy to prepare, a fast approach, something light … (not always sandwiches!). Pasta is always my favorite – next to rice (& also my better half’s favorites, thank goodness!) Especially One-Pot-Pasta is very convenient: you need only a frying pan (& bowls or plates!) i. e. washing up is strongly reduced (except you plan taking photos!). All ingredients come…
What about cooking dinner – a light dinner – when you are short on time … Let’s rely on some basic food adding only some vegetables … In my fridge a packet of tortellini was chilling: fresh tortellini filled w/ Parmesan & ricotta waiting for some pot with boiling water – ready in about 2 min. What to add? There are:
There are lots of temptations when roaming my trusted food store: fried noodles ready for serving are everywhere – if deep frozen w/ vegetables & meat or shrimps (ready for the microwave), if in the fresh section (also ready for the microwave or the frying pan), if dried (ready for adding water and marching in a pan or pot … the instant way of noodles). Also you may get freshly prepared fried noodles from one…
Imagine a wonderful creamy butternut sauce for pasta … then add some crunchy arugula to the mess! The butternut squash – by roasting in the oven – will transform softly into a pasta sauce accompanied only by some bacon & nutmeg … of course we also need a strong cheese.
A crispy piece of lasagna: it’s comfort food from the best! If you like your lasagna less crispy just take it our of the oven some minutes earlier … The mozzarella will be really chewy, however, all is fine under the mozzarella i. e. inside the lasagna! Although we need quite a lot of ingredients it’s a surprisingly easy & fast pasta dish. Let’s start w/ the vegetables … 1st step: preheat the oven to…
Today I reworked a recipe (technically!) which is brilliant whenever there are lots of fresh tomatoes around … and a delicious creamy piece of feta is chilling in your fridge … (To be honest: I didn’t invent this dish – you’ll find variations of the recipe many a food blog. I decided to accompany the tomato feta mess w/ pasta. Mezzi rigatoni seemed an appropriate choice. (This pasta needs cooking for 14 min to be…
Another one pot pasta approach: this time we don’t use any Mediterranean herbs, but seafood flavours & cream for an absolutely creamy finish. Imagine you are coming home after a stressful day in the office or in your shop … This heavenly pasta dish will take you less than half an hour!
I learnt from the foodblog universe that „pasta w/ meatballs“ originally isn’t Italian, but an American invention (same as for Alfredo, chicken parmigiano …), however, I stumbled also about some pasta recipe creating very tiny meatballs. Inspired by this post I started my own version of pasta w/ meatballs. I managed to create some creamy pasta w/ lots of pesto & on top meatballs – not tiny meatballs, not big meatballs like hamburgers: more some…
I made a tortilla – straightforward (see photo on top). Then I decided to substitute pasta for potatoes. And I ended up w/ a 2nd tortilla (see photo below). Meaning: if you like a side dish like a tortilla you may work the same process, but either have potatoes or pasta as a filler. … & I didn’t perform any show by throwing the tortilla in the air etc. – all is quick & dirty,…
Another day – another approach to one-pot-pasta! Today we are dealing w/ pasta in a thickened mix of fish, tomatoes & onions flavoured w/ thyme. In my oldest Italian pasta cookbook (Vincenzo Buonassisi’s Nudel & Nudel – have a look at the last book on my cookbook page!) there’s a recipe called Tagliatelle Belle Epoque w/ homemade tagliatelle, sole fillets, tomatoes & thyme, onions, cream, brandy … (The recipe says you may substitute plaice for…