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Sausage Carbonara
A mid-week treat that tastes creamy, silky and flavoursome. The kick of lemon in this gives it a light touch too. Plus it is quick to make :) Serve with a glass of Nebbiolo. Enough to feed 4 people: 4...
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Easy Prawn & Curly Kale Linguine
We debated whether this could actually be called a recipe as it is so simple; it’s more of an assembly job. To serve 2: 200g linguine 200g curly kale or spring greens olive oil 1 clove garlic, finely...
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Creamy Linguine with Prawns – another low-fat version!
Creamy linguine and low-fat don’t usually go in the same sentence but in this case they work. Generally we’re not keen on low-fat substitutes, preferring to have a bit less of the real thing, but...
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Linguine with Yellowfin Tuna
A simple but delicious dish from a cool restaurant called Obicà that we found on our last trip to Florence. They insist that it’s best made with fresh tuna (and they’re probably right) but we made it...
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Crab Linguine
Crab with fennel & chilli is a winning combination. Another perfect pasta dish by Ruth & Rose of the River Café. Wine Suggestion: We find a great match for crab is a top quality Garganega and...
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Prawn & Clam Linguine
We recently got a new cookbook by Lorraine Pascale and have been impressed by the recipes so far. This one we made for Valentines Day, just the two of us with a bottle of vintage Champagne from the...
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Linguine with Fresh Tuna
We’ve made this recipe before using good-quality tinned tuna, which was delicious, but this time we’ve used fresh tuna and it really sings. Wine Suggestion: Classic Italian matches for tuna depend on...
View ArticleLemon & Basil Linguine
Sometimes the simplest of ideas turn out the best. Wine Suggestion: we had a glass of the Adi Badenhorst Secateurs Chenin Blanc which he’s now experimenting with a little bit of skin contact. We don’t...
View ArticleLinguine with Tuna
Please buy fancy tins or jars of tuna in olive oil for this. We often go for Ortiz but recently we’ve been buying Shines Wild Irish Tuna – who knew we had such fabulous fish in Irish waters. Italians...
View ArticleCrab Linguine with Chilli & Parsley
A fresh tasting seafood pasta dish. Wine Suggestion: We’re not huge fans of Prosecco generally as there’s an awful lot of very ordinary stuff being sold. However, if you have a good one to hand, like...
View ArticlePork & Beef Polpette with Tomato Sauce
This is a great tomato sauce and of course can be made without meatballs and used in all sorts of things. We like to make the entire recipe and freeze the leftover meatballs in the sauce for tasty...
View ArticleLinguine with White Clam Sauce
This is an Anthony Bourdain recipe. It’s a bit full on, like the man himself was, with obscene amounts of garlic, but it all works a treat. We made this with cockles tonight as our local fish shop...
View ArticlePasta with Mackerel, Marsala & Pine Nuts
A Nigella creation that is in no way authentic and makes no apologies. Anything with mackerel goes in this house. Wine Suggestion: Quite an exceptional wine was chosen to match with this: Sartarelli’s...
View ArticleLinguine Con Tonno
We are never without tins of tuna – Ortiz or Shines are great – and always in olive oil. This sauce takes a while but it’s easy and tastes delicious. The sauce is flavoured with a parmesan rind – you...
View ArticlePrawn Linguine
This is not your average prawn linguine and you do need to make a shellfish stock BUT we did this on a Tuesday night after work so you can too!! The photo really doesn’t do justice to how deep and...
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