STEPS 5 INGREDIENTS 8 TIME 50-60 MINS This stupidly easy, meat-free vegetable pasta recipe comes courtesy of my mamma-in-law’s good Sicilian friend, Nuccia Pelliccia. (What a great Italian name!) Nuccia obviously knows her stuff too, because for this ‘penne zucchine pomodoro’ dish she combines zucchini (or courgette) with fresh chopped tomatoes, fresh basil and a […]
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Go Green… with this Traditional Ligurian Pesto Pasta Recipe
STEPS: 5 INGREDIENTS: 9 TIME: 25 MINS It doesn’t get much fresher than this basil and bean-touting pesto pasta recipe. Coming at you direct from Liguria in the North-West of Italy, this basil beast is crunchy-to-munch and truly aromatic. This pesto pasta recipe takes the pesto sauce ingredients of basil, pine nut and a touch […]
Pasta Flour 101
Jump onto Google to learn about the different types of pasta flour and you might soon get confused. I was at first… However, having learned more, made various fresh pasta doughs (both with and without egg), and having cooked with different types of flour – I now feel I can clearly explain what’s what. Here […]
Pasta Recipe With Bacon and Peas (‘Pasta Piselli’)
STEPS 4 INGREDIENTS 8 TIME 1 HR This easy pasta recipe is my brother-in-law Mauro’s favorite pasta meal, and I don’t blame him a bit because this soupy dish is full of tasty stuff. Packed with sweet green peas and juicy chunks of belly bacon, this dish uses broken spaghetti, which is simply cooked in […]