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Monday
Apr262010

sausage pasta with wild garlic

DateMonday, April 26, 2010 at 07:00

i only used half the wild garlic i had in my spelt risotto. the rest, along with our remaining scottish sausages,  was used to make jamie oliver 's annoyingly named, but oh so delicious, proper bloke’s sausage pasta.

this is a great recipe, using fennel, chilli and lemon to add depth to the dish, contrasting with the gentle sausage and pasta flavours. the original recipe doesn’t use garlic but the wild garlic adds an extra layer of loveliness – i kept saying how delicious it was as i ate it, which has to be a good sign! 

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Friday
Apr232010

spelt risotto with wild garlic

DateFriday, April 23, 2010 at 07:32

 

it’s wild garlic season again and, having ordered some from food4london i’ve been thinking about how to make the most of it. using it in an omelette or a dauphinoise was my initial thought but nigel slater’s recipe for spelt risotto with pea shoots sent me off in a different direction.

i have several bags of spelt (aka farro) in my cupboards and decided that this would be the perfect way to use some the wild garlic. nigel’s tip to soak the spelt for 10 minutes while you prepare the rest of the ingredients is a great one and reduces the cooking time.

david was a little sceptical given the last spelt risotto i made was quite austere so, as well as using the wild garlic i added a handful of sunblush tomatoes and a couple of crumbled and browned sausages which david had been given earlier in the day by a friend whose father is the local butcher in nethy bridge, scotland.

the resulting risotto was wonderfully comforting. the wild garlic has a gentle flavour which worked well with the spelt and the sausage and tomatoes added a richness which meant the dish felt sufficicntly indulgent for an end of the week meal.

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Thursday
Feb182010

black pudding-ish pasta

DateThursday, February 18, 2010 at 08:50

 

a friend recommended the black pudding and apple sausages which waitrose sell on their deli counters. i picked up four earlier in the week and adapted the jamie oliver bloke’s pasta recipe to create a super-delish supper.

the sausages don’t have a high black pudding content but you can definitely taste its presence. i didn’t notice the apple. i added cavolo nero and cherry tomatoes for extra vegetable oomph. i also added a glug of cream as the chilli i used was hotter than i expected, which added an extra layer of richness which balanced really well with the freshness of the lemon and parsley.

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Saturday
Oct312009

spaghetti with cavolo nero and pancetta

DateSaturday, October 31, 2009 at 13:39

 

i’m loving the new autumnal vegetables that are appearing everywhere at the moment. one of my absolute favourites from last year was cavolo nero and i’ve been eating lots of it over the past few weeks. as well as having it as a side vegetable so something like sausages baked with fennel and cherry tomato, i’ve added it to risottos and pasta.

last year it was all about jamie oliver’s blokes sausage pasta, which i added the cavolo nero to. this year it’s pancetta that is the shining co-star with my black kale.

this was a very simple supper – while the spaghetti cooked i fried, in a little butter, some pancetta pieces, chilli flakes and garlic slices. cavolo nero leaves were stripped of their chewy central vein and shredded before being added to the pan with a glug of wine. the leaves quickly wilted down and i added a few sunblush tomatoes along with the cooked pasta. very quick, very simple and utterly delicious. the same flavours work well in a risotto.

i'm sharing this with ruth who is hosting this week's presto pasta nights!

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Wednesday
Oct142009

sausage, mushroom and sun-blush tomato mafaldine 

DateWednesday, October 14, 2009 at 07:32

sausages and pasta is a combination which i’ve grown to love. the addition of fennel – a bulb or seeds, preferably both – usually guarantees that i’ll try a recipe and that it will be a hit with both david and i. as a result there are lots of fennelly sausage pasta recipes on here (have a look), and here’s another! 

this was quickly pulled together from a very empty fridge – mushrooms were the only fresh vegetables we had in but thankfully there was a handful of sun-blushed tomatoes to lift things.

this is my contribution to presto pasta nights which, this week, is being hosted by me!

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