I used to be a regular poster on the now disgraced Livejournal. They were fun times, but then their terms and conditions changed and thousands of us left in droves because hey, hating on the gays is not our style m'kay? I found my account again today, and a recipe that must not be lost. …
Tag: pasta
Meat Free Moshari Kokkinisto / Pastitsada
I'd made something called Moshari Kokkinisto - reddened beef - with the remains of the seitan left over from the doner experiment. I had a pretty large chunk of it left so I twisted it, pulled it and broke it into pieces. It takes some doing, as it's pretty elastic! Bear in mind that these …
Artichokes with browned butter and Hilopites noodles
You know how sometimes a cooking method can escape you time and time again, and then one day you read one more account of how to do it, and it all makes sense? Today I had that with artichoke prep.Not the big globe ones, but the smaller, purple ones. Perfect little flower heads that, nonetheless, …
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Pumpkin Ravioli with Caper & Nutmeg Brown Butter
As a result of yesterday’s Foodie Fest, I had some salted capers and pancetta to use. I also had fresh pumpkin ravioli. I thought of a caper butter sauce, then thought of adding nutmeg. Easy to do. I was going to fry the pancetta, but then decided I wanted something different to offset the soft …
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Inspector Montalbano; enabler.
He is you know. That entire series just exists solely to enable my cravings for pasta. Not just pasta. To be more specific, my cravings usually centre around spaghetti. Every time I watch an episode, he is somewhere eating either caponata, fresh fish or spaghetti. Last night it was spaghetti con vongole, and spaghetti with …
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