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Post by everso on Oct 28, 2008 14:45:29 GMT
I invented a new recipe last night. It's a sauce for pasta, based on meatballs, but very easy to do and we thought it was delicious and dead easy.
1 onion
olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 red or yellow pepper (or half of each)
2 large teaspoons of Salca tomato pesto (available in most supermarkets)
2 tins of tomatoes
6 rashers of smoked bacon (trimmed of fat)
a couple of mushrooms (if you like them)
One pack of Somerfield (or similar) pork and chorizo sausages (6 in pack)
Plain flour
Pepper & salt
Some white wine if you have any
Fry the chopped onion, peppers and garlic in oil in a saucepan until soft. Add bacon and continue frying for a couple of minutes. Whiz up the tomatoes until pureed and add them to the pan, together with the mushrooms and Salca tomato pesto. If you have any wine you can tip that in too. Empty the contents of the pan into a large casserole dish (not a metal one).
Skin the sausages and cut each one into 4 pieces. Roll each piece between your hands to form a small ball and roll in the seasoned flour. Fry the meatballs in olive oil until browned.
Tip the meatballs into the casserole dish with the tomato sauce and cover with lid.
Most people would cook this in the saucepan, having to stir every so often. I stick mine in the microwave and cook for about 30 minutes on full. This reduces the sauce as it would in the saucepan but in far less time and it tastes exactly the same, except you don't get the burned ring around the edge of the dish and you don't have to keep stirring.
Serve with spaghetti (or any other pasta)
Feeds 4
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Post by housesparrow on Oct 28, 2008 16:49:12 GMT
....Some white wine if you have any.... Feeds 4 No everso, no! Cut out the tomatoes or pesto by all means if there are none in the cupboard. Don't bother to go to the butcher for bacon or sausages. But you must - go - and -buy - the - wine. Essential! |
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Post by Patrick on Oct 28, 2008 20:44:33 GMT
I bought some Sacla pesto a while back, having been unable to find my usual. It had gone mouldy in a few weeks! Back to the organic for me!
Your little experiment sounds a little like mine. Albeit a simpler version. I was trying once to recreate a stupidly simple garlic spaghetti combination a neighbour of mine once treated me too - Just spaggie cooked al-dente in garlic - it was slightly oily without being greasy and was delightful! I've no idea how he did it! What I did was cook my spaggie - then in a separate saucepan melt some butter and sprinkle some freshly chopped garlic in. A spoonful of pesto, a glug of white wine and some chopped (if big) mushrooms. cook til the mushrooms are done (not long) then just bung the spaggie on top and stir it together and serve.
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Post by everso on Oct 29, 2008 12:08:53 GMT
....Some white wine if you have any.... Feeds 4 No everso, no! Cut out the tomatoes or pesto by all means if there are none in the cupboard. Don't bother to go to the butcher for bacon or sausages. But you must - go - and -buy - the - wine. Essential! ;D Well, o.k. I don't like to admit it, but I DO always have some wine around. |
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Post by everso on Oct 29, 2008 12:10:16 GMT
I bought some Sacla pesto a while back, having been unable to find my usual. It had gone mouldy in a few weeks! Back to the organic for me! Your little experiment sounds a little like mine. Albeit a simpler version. I was trying once to recreate a stupidly simple garlic spaghetti combination a neighbour of mine once treated me too - Just spaggie cooked al-dente in garlic - it was slightly oily without being greasy and was delightful! I've no idea how he did it! What I did was cook my spaggie - then in a separate saucepan melt some butter and sprinkle some freshly chopped garlic in. A spoonful of pesto, a glug of white wine and some chopped (if big) mushrooms. cook til the mushrooms are done (not long) then just bung the spaggie on top and stir it together and serve. My Salca pesto isn't around long enough to go mouldy! Your garlic spag recipe sounds nice too. Can't beat pasta! |
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Post by everso on Oct 29, 2008 12:12:49 GMT
Another one I do is chopped lean bacon, garlic, onion fried, add pot of creme fraiche and loads of parmesan cheese and liberal grinding of black pepper. Pile on to spaghetti. Really delicious (well, we think it is!)
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Post by everso on Oct 29, 2008 15:10:05 GMT
After all this talk about pasta, for my lunch I had spaghetti with the remains of the tomato Salca, some rocket leaves and a good helping of parmesan. Mmmmm.
Oddly enough, after telling Patrick that my Salca is never around long enough to go mouldy, I had a peek at the Salca basil pesto and, sure enough, it had the beginnings of a little white overcoat.
Typical!
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Post by Patrick on Oct 30, 2008 20:46:38 GMT
After all this talk about pasta, for my lunch I had spaghetti with the remains of the tomato Salca, some rocket leaves and a good helping of parmesan. Mmmmm. Oddly enough, after telling Patrick that my Salca is never around long enough to go mouldy, I had a peek at the Salca basil pesto and, sure enough, it had the beginnings of a little white overcoat. Typical! It doesn't take long! We had just alighted from the train in Manchester today and were perambulating along Deansgate when I said to Best Beloved "Isn't it a nice day!". Quite possibly one of the most stupid things you could say in Manc. When we emerged from the other side of the Arndale Centre half an hour later - it was distinctly soggy.  |
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Post by trubble on Oct 30, 2008 21:41:23 GMT
After all this talk about pasta, for my lunch I had spaghetti with the remains of the tomato Salca, some rocket leaves and a good helping of parmesan. Mmmmm. Oddly enough, after telling Patrick that my Salca is never around long enough to go mouldy, I had a peek at the Salca basil pesto and, sure enough, it had the beginnings of a little white overcoat. Typical! It doesn't take long! We had just alighted from the train in Manchester today and were perambulating along Deansgate when I said to Best Beloved "Isn't it a nice day!". Quite possibly one of the most stupid things you could say in Manc. When we emerged from the other side of the Arndale Centre half an hour later - it was distinctly soggy. The official term for that soggy weather is 'soft day, thank God'. |
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Post by Patrick on Nov 28, 2008 14:52:27 GMT
Here's another then - when you can't be bothered to cook;
Can of chopped tomatoes
2-3 or 4 rashers of bacon chopped up (Or Tuna does just as nicely)
Sprinkling of mixed herbs or basil
Couple of crushed cloves of garlic
Salt, Pepper
Pasta of your choice.
Cook Pasta - Cook all the rest in another pan (it's optional to fry the bacon a little first if you like) If you like your tomatoes pink and creamy - a dollop of crème fraiche goes well, It all takes about 10-15 minutes then drain the pasta and mix it in with the other on the hob for a while.
Serve.
Who needs microwaves eh?
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Post by trubble on Nov 28, 2008 16:39:44 GMT
"when you can't be bothered to cook;"
If I do that much I call that cooking. I am ashamed now.
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Post by Patrick on Nov 28, 2008 18:28:54 GMT
Aw bless, want me to come over and do it for you? I've just picked up 8 bottles of plonk from Aldi for £2.99 each - You can have some of those too!  (See - I know how to impress!) |
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Post by trubble on Nov 28, 2008 18:57:40 GMT
That would be great. Come tonight. I am going out to dinner so it would suit me to have someone here looking after the gaff.  |
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Post by Patrick on Nov 28, 2008 19:04:22 GMT
Only if you bring back a doggy bag!
"doggy bag or doggie bag" n.
A bag for leftover food that a customer of a restaurant may take home after a meal.
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Post by Patrick on Nov 28, 2008 19:08:31 GMT
That would be great. Come tonight. I am going out to dinner so it would suit me to have someone here looking after the gaff. Hang on! Hang on!! Is this; a: Belated Birthday Dinner b: Family Gathering c: Cos you feel like it d: A hot date! Not that I want to pry or anything........  |
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Post by trubble on Nov 29, 2008 13:58:17 GMT
Birthday.  |
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Post by Patrick on Dec 14, 2008 13:45:09 GMT
I could see Mrs E in this latest Triumph............  |
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Post by everso on Dec 14, 2008 14:55:55 GMT
I could see Mrs E in this latest Triumph............ I may have told you before, but Mr. E. used to have a lovely little Triumph Spitfire with an Ashley hardtop. Oh, it were fab.  His one was white though. |
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