Tag: pasta
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Jon Anderson’s Swan River Prawn and Mushroom Linguine
Sending out a massive congratulations to Jonathan Anderson for winning Grow It, Catch It, Cook It’s first ever competition. The amazing fellas at Life Cykel will be sending him out one of their Home Grown Mushroom Boxes so he can get cracking growing his own Oyster mushrooms. ‘Welchy’ chose this recipe entry as the winner…
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Pasta: Conchigliette, Conchiglie and Conchiglioni
I find conchigliette (aka small shell pasta) perfect for thin sauces/emulsions, soups and salads. This includes light meat sauces such as the slow cooked lamb shank and vegetable broth I show below. Their ridges and shell shape grip and hold the sauce for that perfect mouthful. The next size up is called conchiglie and is…
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Pasta: Penne
Penne, Italian for pens, is a relatively new pasta shape but is popular world-wide. They are tubular in shape and hold sauce like no other. It is primarily sold dried (pasta secca) and available everywhere. Here I am making Penne al Baffo. It is a saucy delight of cream and tomato paste. Enjoy and sorry…
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Pasta: Mezzi Tubetti Lisci (short smooth tubes)
These smooth short pasta tubes are perfect for soups, salads and pasta bakes. I often use them in place of risoni (called orzo in the USA). It is primarily sold dried (pasta secca) and is available everywhere. Here I used it in my minestrone soup: It also makes for a great vegetarian one pot pasta…
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Pasta: Cavatelli
Cavatelli are beautiful little curled pasta shapes that look like little hot dog buns. The shape is perfect for holding a light sauce. Here I have folded cavatelli through a garlic infused olive oil and cheese sauce, replete with small pieces of steamed broccoli: Enjoy, PK Here are some more pasta shape and pasta recipe…
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Pasta: Agnolotti
Agnolotti is a semi-cirlce shaped type of ravioli, often although it can be square or irregularly shaped. Either way it is stuffed with different mixtures of meat, vegetables and cheese. They are fun to make Roll out some fresh pasta dough and use a cookie cutter to make circles. Add into each disc a…
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Pasta: Wagon Wheels
In Australia we have a pasta shape called ‘Wagon Wheels’. Designed for kids (big and small) they really hold light sauces well and have a springy texture. Check out my little tasting bowls: Enjoy, PK Here are some more pasta shape and pasta recipe posts:
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Pasta: Casareccia
Hailing from Sicily, these rolled noodle shapes are a treat for the eye. Not a shape for heavy sauces, they are perfect for light cheese sauces, pestos and salads. They are also a great soup pasta. Cheesy goodness: Enjoy, PK Here are some more pasta shape and pasta recipe posts:
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Pasta: Succhietti
Succhietti is a type of Rigatoni with the spirals shape of Tortiglioni. This pasta shape can handle the heavier sauces due to the ridges and large hollow diameter. Cheesy goodness: Enjoy, PK Here are some more pasta shape and pasta recipe posts:
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Jon’s Swan River Prawn and Mushroom Linguine
Sending out a massive congratulations to Jonathan Anderson for winning Grow It, Catch It, Cook It’s first ever competition. The amazing fellas at Life Cykel will be sending him out one of their Home Grown Mushroom Boxes so he can get cracking growing his own Oyster mushrooms. ‘Welchy’ chose this recipe entry as the winner…
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PK’s One Pan Cheddar, Bacon And Broccoli Pasta Bake
I have been cooking a really tasty cheese and broccoli pasta bake dish from http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/ for years and everyone in the family loves it. However, recently my wife challenged me to make it using one pan. Let’s just say I am not usually economical when it comes to using plates, pans, knives etc :). So…
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PK’s Fettuccine Chicken Alfredo
Fettuccine Alfredo is a pasta dish made from freshly made fettuccine tossed only with Parmigiano-Reggiano and butter. This was my first attempt at making it and I wanted to make the sauce from scratch. I chose this ‘food network’ recipe as a base to experiment from and the results were simply amazing. The addition of…
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PK’s Fettuccine In Egg Sauce
I think there are only two types of people on this planet and it comes down to pasta to sauce ratios :). I fall into the lots and lots of pasta with just a little sauce camp. So this easy peasy way of making a quick lunch or dinner is right up my alley. If…
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PK’s NoRecipe Fettuccine In Egg Sauce
I think there are only two types of people on this planet and it comes down to pasta to sauce ratios :). I fall into the lots and lots of pasta with just a little sauce camp. So this easy peasy way of making a quick lunch or dinner is right up my alley. If…
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PK’s Chicken And Pasta Soup
Simply take a chicken frame or two (hopefully from the whole chicken you just deboned) and place in your slow cooker. Now add water until the frames are covered. Sometimes I also throw in a chicken leg or two (on the bone). Chop up a brown onion, several celery sticks and several carrots (I leave them…
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Spaghetti Carbonara With Cream
This rich creamy spaghetti carbonara will not win any health awards but jeapers it is tasty. 🙂 It also isn’t particularly authentic due to the addition of cream. I love the more traditional egg only version too (Spaghetti Carbonara) but this one is my go to comfort food pasta dish. I make it in large batches…
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How To Make Browned Butter Sauce
Browned butter sauce has a caramel/nutty flavour and I think the addition of sage works just as well for seafood, pasta, chicken and beef. The pleasure of watching and smelling this sauce cook is sublime. The stages are so clear that they belie the difficulty level. When you get it right for the first time…
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PK’s Spaghetti Aglio E Olio (Garlic And Oil)
This traditional Neapolitan pasta dish could not be simpler nor more sublime. The first time I made this spaghetti tossed in garlic and olive oil, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. 🙂 How amazing is this? You only need flour, water, garlic, olive oil and cheese (Parmigiano-Reggiano if you have it). You will…
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PK Makes Spaghetti Cacio E Pepe (Cheese And Pepper)
Oh my goodness. This dish is well.. amazing. My head is spinning, I used to have a favourite pasta but now I can’t choose. 🙂 I posted about Spaghetti Aglio e Olio recently and said that upon tasting it ‘I had died and gone to heaven’. So my friend and fellow blogger, Gus, set me a…
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PK’s Easy Mac And Cheese With Bacon
This easy Macaroni and Cheese recipe tastes so much better than the store bought dried version. It is great comfort food and I love making it. I bet you have all the ingredients in your house already so let’s get started. 🙂 Dietary notes: The bacon is totally optional and you can easily adapt the…
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