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spaghetti with mozzarella

As I mentioned before … I’ve got a special book about pasta: Vincenzo Buonassisi’s pasta cookbook (published in the 70s) with lots of pasta recipes. It’s a cookbook without any photos & the recipes are short – reduced to the essentials. Nevertheless it’s a treasury of ideas how to prepare pasta adding vegetables, meat, fish and seafood … When roaming the book … I got intrigued by a simple approach to spaghetti with tomato sauce…

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what to do w/ dull vegetables?

What happened? I opened my fridge & learnt that there were some leftovers … vegetables to be correct. Carrots & spring onions. Also in my pantry there were some potatoes … & in my freezer I had some frozen peas. In each case it wasn’t so much … not enough for whatever … So I decided to make a real big batch of mixed vegetables! Next morning when shopping I bought a big kohlrabi &…

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rough remoulade

A rough remoulade?It’s a self-made, handmade, home-made remoulade: everything is mixed w/ a spoon or an egg whip, chopped w/ my own hands … so it’s a little far away from any store-bought remoulade which tends to be more smooth … Despite all this handiwork it’s a fast remoulade, a simple approach which may present your very own idea of remoulade flavour. So let’s get started …

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