Twitter Updates

    follow me on Twitter

    Saturday, June 05, 2021

    We Love Pasta

    Well I love Pasta and I love to try it in so many ways. I was planning on roasting some prawns but "quelle domag...not in our freezer today, so I had a good look in the fridge and look what I found

    In the fridge was a piece of carrot, a piece of courgette, 1/3 green pepper, half a leek, 1 lonely mushroom and and some bacon...in the freezer some frozen corn, and some breadcrumbs
    Perfect
    You can use what ever you like but this was such a good and colourful selection
    Plus in the pantry I found some some spaghetti

    So put on a pot of well salted water to boil for the pasta
    Then prep your vegetable

    Grate the carrot and courgette
    Remove all the outside leaves of the leek, wash it and slice 
    Slice the mushroom and the green pepper and you are ready to go 
    Put a pan on the stove and bring up to medium heat
    Chop the bacon and sauté 
    When the water has come to the boil add the spaghetti and cook till just al dente around 6-8 minutes
    Meanwhile
    Remove the bacon and place in a bowl, add the mushroom

    It does look a little lonely but it was worth it
    Remove and place with the bacon  
    Then add the chopped leeks
    Saute them gently till soft 
    Add the rest of the ingredients including the bacon and mushroom
    Saute till soft
    Throw in a good slurp of wine and turn heat up so that it evaporates

    Meanwhile while this is happening
    In a another pan add some oil... about 2 tbs, 
    Heat till just about smoking and then add the breadcrumbs
    Toss well and cook till they are just nice and toasty
    When the pasta is cooked
    Using your tongs, add it to the vegetables and toss well
    Place on your plate
    Sprinkle the toasted breadcrumbs over the top and enjoy
    Lunch is served and very good it was too