Showing posts with label main meals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label main meals. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 April 2013

Cauliflower & Prosciutto Pasta

I found this recipe in the Canvas magazine that came the NZ Herald on 2nd June 2012. We had just discovered the wonder of brussel sprouts, so I took the recipe home and tried it. Unfortunately I lost those photos when I lost the hard drive, but I still had the recipe. Today I made it again, and it was just as delicious as I had remembered.

Boil 400g pasta and set aside. Cook 6 slices of prosciutto (we use bacon instead) in a little olive oil, then set aside. Using the same pan, fry 400g of cauliflower and 200g sliced brussel sprouts with 3 cloves of garlic. In a bowl, combine 1 cup cream, 3 egg yolks, 1/2 cup finely grated parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Add the cream mixture to the pan of cauliflower and brussel sprouts. At this point, I add the chopped bacon, although the recipe says to put it on last when serving. Add the pasta to the frypan and stir until the cream sauce thickens. Serve with a little extra parmesan grated on top.


Sooooo good!

Sunday, 24 March 2013

Sticky Lemon Chicken

Steve made Gordon Ramsay's Sticky Lemon Chicken for dinner tonight. I originally had photos of this from when I made it, ready for the recipe book, but I lost those photos when the hard drive failed. I took photos of Steve's final dish, but because he tweaked the recipe a bit as he made it, it looked darker and thicker, and it had quite a different flavour.



Monday, 11 March 2013

Country Chicken Cottage Pie

Steve decided he was in the mood for chicken pie tonight, and hunted through our recipe books until he found a recipe for Country Chicken Cottage Pie.



It smelled good and tasted even better. Sooooooo yum! Definitely going in the recipe book!

Saturday, 2 February 2013

Pasta Risottata with Peas and Pancetta

We had an adult take on the Pesto, Peas and Bacon dish that Caitie added to the recipe book. This one was called 'Pasta Risottata with Peas and Pancetta' and it's from Nigella Lawson's Nigellisima book. We actually used bacon instead of pancetta (shh!) but it was really yummy. Steve particularly enjoyed it.




Thursday, 27 December 2012

Spaghettini with Lemon and Garlic Breadcrumbs

My first recipe out of the Nigella Lawson cookbook that my sister gave me for Christmas. Spaghettini with Lemon and Garlic Breadcrumbs. It was okay, and it's always good to try something different, but I don't think it'll make it into the recipe book. I took a photo just in case though!