Category: Pasta
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Noodles with crispy pork
When she was a student, my daughter used to cook me a fiery bowl of Dan Dan noodles for supper topped with crispy pork and lots of chilli oil. This is in no way an authentic version of that famous Sichuan dish, it’s my less fiery recipe that doesn’t numb your lips for the entire…
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Tomato and basil orzotto
I usually serve this ‘orzotto’ (like a risotto but made with orzo pasta grains not rice) with roast chicken and use the rich roasting juices to add to the chicken stock needed to make it. Add chopped cherry tomatoes and lots of shredded basil just before serving and you’ve got the perfect accompaniment to a…
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Fennel meatballs with tomato and basil pasta and salsa
This is a very quick and easy way to make meatballs. You just use skinned sausages and bake them in the oven whilst you make the tomato and basil pasta sauce and boost that tomato flavour with the salsa topping. I use the fennel sausages from Humphrey’s in Bury St Edmunds but you can use…
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