Big tip for my younger self – be at peace with buying home-made gnocchi at the market. World’s best shortcut (apart from puff pastry) when you want something fast. (It also freezes well, and cooks from frozen.) And if you…
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Garlic Prawn Pasta
I adore mafaldine pasta. With its ruffles, it’s a bit like Christmas ribbons, or vintage lace curtains, or peony flowers, or even a bit frilly like Austin Powers … Mafaldine goes with both light or meaty sauces, and also with…
Quick Pasta Bolognese Sauce
One of the dishes I fed my daughter constantly when she was little was spaghetti bolognese. It was her favourite at home, whenever we travelled, whenever we went to a restaurant. I was totally fine with that; carbs, meat, vegetables…
Déjà Vu Slow-Cook Beef Ragu
Why déjà vu? Because somewhere in your memory lurks a delicious home cooked stew you’ve never forgotten, or an idealised image of what one would be like, and when you smell this slow-cook ragu cooking, you get a strange sense…
What Happens in Vegas Tomato (Napoli) Sauce
YEARS ago, I saw TV domestic goddess Nigella Lawson say to use sugar in all tomato dishes to balance out the acidity. It’s definitely NOT traditional to use sugar in a tomato Napoli sauce. But as far as I’m concerned,…
Super Easy Smoked Salmon Pasta with Sour Cream
This is kind of a prosecco dish, in that it’s both sparkling white and also a cheeky rosé. Easy smoked salmon pasta with sour cream is also the simplest impress-your-friends-with-your-nonchalance-in-the-kitchen recipe I can think of. Plus, pasta. If you can/want…
