Category: Pasta
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Cumin spiced lentils with pasta and caramelised onions
Savoury side dishes that mix spiced grains, lentils and pasta are very common in Middle Eastern cookery and this is one of my favourites. It’s wonderful as part of a mezze-style lunch or supper with roast lamb or chicken. Tasty, quick, easy and inexpensive to make, it will quickly become a favourite with your family too. I…
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Mrs Martin’s carbonara
Spaghetti carbonara is one of those super-quick and easy to make suppers that uses just a few ingredients and tastes sublime. The secret to dishes like this is that the individual ingredients must be of very good quality. Pancetta, good quality spaghetti not supermarket ‘value’ varieties, Parmesan (made of cow’s milk) not cheddar (or any…
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Easy chorizo and bloody Mary pasta sauce
This cheap and easy pasta sauce is one of my store cupboard recipe favourites. From chopping board to plate, it takes about 25 minutes and I’ve been making it for years. Recently, I’ve perked it up a tad with my new favourite wonder ingredient – Stokes’ Bloody Mary Ketchup. Even if you don’t like ketchup,…
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