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Fish Italian Main course Pasta

Pasta with tuna, peas and parsley

This is a really simple recipe and very healthy. Boil the pasta, we use De Cecco pasta shells but any good quality pasta will do. Meanwhile add the garlic to a frying pan with olive oil. Fry gently until softened and then add the tuna, capers and tomato. Mix well and gently warm through, when […]

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Italian Main course Pasta Vegetarian

Butter and cheese spaghetti

Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water until al dente.  Grate the cheeses while the pasta is boiling. Drain the pasta, reserve 4 tbsp of the cooking water. Put the reserved water and the butter back into the hot pan and simmer gently over a low heat. Stir until the butter melts. Remove from the […]

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Italian Main course Pasta Vegetarian

Pasta with roasted cherry tomatoes

Take the tomatoes off the vine, wash and dry them, and put them in a bowl.  Add the olives, chilli, garlic, half the oregano and the oil to the tomatoes. Leave to marinade for an hour or so. Preheat oven to 180C. Tip contents of bowl into shallow ovenproof dish, season and cook in oven […]

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Italian Main course Pasta Ravioli fillings Starters Vegetarian

Butternut squash ravioli with sage butter

Place the squash in a roasting tray, skin side down. Drizzle over the olive oil and sprinkle on the fennel, chilli, oregano, salt and pepper. Rub this mixture into the squash. Roast in a hot oven (abot 200C) for 20-30 minutes or until the squash is cooked (see Cook’s tip). Once cooked, scrape the flesh […]

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Italian Main course Pasta

Pasta with roasted squash and creamy mushrooms

Heat the oven to 200C. Put the squash in a small roasting tray and add about 2 tbsp of the olive oil, salt and pepper and the thyme or sage. Mix well with your hands and roast for 20-25 minutes until soft and slightly charred around the edges. Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp olive oil in […]

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Italian Main course Pasta Vegetarian

Cacio e pepe (spaghetti with cheese and pepper)

Cook the spaghetti in plenty salted water until al dente. Once it is cooked, drain it leaving behind a little of the cooking water. Return to the pan and add the cheese, pepper and salt to taste. Toss well to mix then moisten with olive oil if you like. Serve straight away with a glass […]

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Italian Main course Pasta Pork

Pasta with sausage, fennel and chilli

Heat some olive oil in a frying pan and add the sausages. Fry over a medium heat for a few minutes until browned all over. Remove from the pan, leave to cool slightly and then cut into bite sized pieces. Add the garlic to the same pan and gently fry for a minute or two […]

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Italian Vegetarian

Fresh pasta

Place the flour and eggs in a food processor and whizz until the mixture just starts to come together.  Tip out onto a clean worktop and using your hands, bring together into a dough.  Knead for 5 minutes until it feels quite firm and is glossy, it will stick to your hands but just keep […]

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Italian Main course Pasta Pork

Pasta with sausage, mustard and creme fraiche

This is a real winter warmer pasta dish; you need good quality sausages with a high meat content. First slit the skins on the sausages and break the sausage meat into little bite sized pieces

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Chicken Italian Main course

Italian Lemon Chicken

Whizz garlic, celery and carrot in a food processor until finely chopped but not mushy. Zest the lemons and squeeze the juice of one half. Crush the peppercorns and juniper berries together in a pestle and mortar. Heat the olive oil in a large, deep saute pan. Mix the flour and salt in a bowl […]