Gnocchi with Prosciutto and Basil Tomato Sauce in the Cuisine Companion

  There are so many recipes for Gnocchi. Ones with Sauces, ones with creamy sauces , ones with red sauces , ones that are pan fried.. .. all little velvety pillowy soft little parcels of joy , that when made right melt in your mouth… The trick is to not to dry out the potato,…

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Spaghetti Bolognese with Hidden Veg ( Cuisine Companion )

  They won’t even know its healthier …. I don’t eat red eat , but my family do and they love a good bolognese AND they are pretty fussy on it ! I like to be able to do multiple meals so that either the prep work is done for the next day OR the…

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Ciabatta Loaves Cuisine Companion

500 g bakers flour Pinch of Salt ( I use pink Salt Flakes ) 470 g warm water 7 grams of Dried Yeast ( I use Lowans ) Using the Kneading Attachment add ingredients in order as above  mix on speed 10 for 10 seconds. Let mixture rest in bowl for 10 minutes. Mix on…

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Pizzelle Biscuit Italian Wafers Double Dip Recipe

180g Flour 1 and 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder ( make it from the EDC recipe) 2 Eggs 85 Melted Butter – cooled Pinch of Sea Salt 85g Sugar 20g  of Cacao ( not cocoa) 1 teaspoon of Vanilla Mix all ingredients except Cacao and Vanilla on speed 6 for around 30-40 secs until a batter…

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Gnocchi & Tomato with Prosciutto and Basil Sauce

Making the Sauce 6 -7 slices prosciutto chopped small pieces 3 cloves Garlic 1 onion 2 cans chopped tomatoes 15g olive oil 15g raw sugar Few Sprigs of Fresh Basil around 15-20 Leaves Chopped Finely Place leaves on top of each other and cut – much easier Place Onion and Garlic and chop for a…

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Win a Pasta Maker & Hearts Ravioli Maker

Pasta the Language of Love – What better way than to give you the chance to win something amazing for Valentines Day Do you love Pasta ? More importantly do you love Fresh Pasta ? Well you can make your own. You don’t need a Thermomix to make Pasta Dough but it helps 🙂 So…

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Pizzelle Makers Savoury Waffles Canoli – Make your own

At the end of last year when there wasn’t a lot on television in the evenings, we were flipping through the channels and came across this little show …. on SBS… Made in Italy with Silvia Colloca 30 minutes of pure delight with Italian cooking in Silvia’s home country Italy. Its a fanastic show, teh…

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Ricotta and Spinach Cannelloni – Fresh Pasta

Cannelloni ahhhh I have always loved Cannelloni.. I should have been born in Italy I feel sure. I knocked around with Italian friends growing up, I always ate Italian food whenever I could despite growing up in a very English home with “proper” English meals ! I had made the Ravioli with Fresh Pasta Last…

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Chicken Mushroom Spinach Lasagne made with Fresh Pasta

  Homemade Fresh Pasta, Homemade Fresh Cheese Sauce and Homemade Filling. I LOVE Lasagne. But I have always been partial to my lasagne and to my mums. I have never really cared for restaurant lasagnes I find them far to meaty , not enough cheese sauce and too runny ! But that was when I…

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Bolognese with Hidden Veg Tomato Pasta Sauce

  I don’t eat red eat , but my family do and they love a good bolognese AND they are pretty fussy on it ! I like to be able to do multiple meals so that either the prep work is done for the next day OR the meal is done for the next day.…

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