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Risotto all’arrabiata

Posted in Bacon, Main dish, Pasta, tagged , , on October 1, 2011| 2 Comments »

This recipe has been waiting and waiting and WAITING for me to finish my exams so that it could finally be posted. And now that it’s finally here, you need to make this. When I first tasted it, I actually paused in shock at how good it is. Really. I don’t do that. I eat my food as quickly as possible before something awful can happen that might stop me from finishing my food, like the world ending or me dropping my plate because I’m clumsy. Remember that time the world ended and you didn’t get to eat half of that amazing risotto? Exactly. (more…)

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Gnocchi with mushrooms, spinach, bacon and poached egg

Posted in Bacon, Eggs, Main dish, Pasta, Vegetarian, tagged , , , , on September 14, 2011| 8 Comments »

 

Gnocchi with bacon and egg

I subscribe to two cooking magazines, Good Food and Olive, and every month I fold down the pages of recipes I like the look of and then happily put the magazines on my bookshelf and forget all about them. When I look through them again, there are always recipes I’ve marked which are a bit different to my normal tastes, and I’m fairly certain I will never make them. This is one of those recipes, and this week I decided I was just going to go for it. If I didn’t like it, I could just not make it again. But I did like it. A lot. (more…)

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Chicken and courgette carbonara

Posted in Bacon, Creme fraiche, Egg yolks, Main dish, Pasta, Poultry, tagged , , , on September 4, 2011| 5 Comments »

As I love to add courgette to EVERYTHING, I was excited when I saw a recipe for Courgette carbonara a couple of years ago in Jamie at Home by Jamie Oliver. I copied out the recipe and I’ve made it often ever since.  Except that I haven’t, really. I’ve changed it every time until it’s morphed into something which doesn’t really resemble Jamie Oliver’s recipe at all, other than the fact that it has courgette in it. So I’m claiming it as my own. Is that too cheeky? (more…)

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Brie, tomato and bacon pasta

Posted in Bacon, Main dish, Pasta, tagged , , , on August 15, 2011| 1 Comment »

How ace is melted brie? I mean, it’s yummy cold in sammiches, but melted it is just beautiful. I could just rub it all over my face. It would burn though. Do you know how hot melted cheese is? Way hot. Not good for faces. (more…)

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