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Anne58 Tue 13-Nov-12 17:26:35

Evening all,

I think I have posted about the yummy seafood tagliatelle ready meal from Waitrose. It is a portion size for 1, but I confess if I had 2 in the fridge I would probably eat them both in one sitting!

It is described as "free range egg pasta in a white wine sauce with king prawns, crabmeat and petits pois". (Although I must say they are the petitest pois I have ever seen) You can really taste the crabmeat.

I would like to have a go at making this myself for Mr P and I, but of course with minimum effort grin

I have tagliatelle, I have prawns in the freezer and I bought a tin of crabmeat when I went shopping.

The question is, what about the sauce? I had toyed with the idea of using a white sauce packet mix blush and replacing some of the milk with white wine.

Would it work, would it be edible, should I sort of boil the wine off a bit before adding it etc etc.

Over to the wise women of GN!

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janeainsworth Tue 13-Nov-12 17:33:07

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of effort Phoenix
Make the sauce yourself (1oz butter, 1oz flour and half a pint of milk, seasoned with salt pepper and a bit of nutmeg or dry mustard, and substitute some of the milk with however much white wine you feel like using).
Count yourself lucky - I have never seen seafood tagliatelle in my local Waitrose.
Perhaps they think it's too sophisticated for us Northerners.hmm

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MiceElf Tue 13-Nov-12 17:36:23

In a saucepan put a small glass of wine, about the same amount of milk a few peppercorns, a bay leaf and just a very little salt. Infuse gently.

Use about an ounce of butter and melt it gently. Add a small amount of flour to make a roux and cook very gently until its smooth. Then, pour in the liquid through a strainer and stir continuously over a lowish heat until the sauce is smooth.

If you like a very creamy sauce you can then stir in a spoon of creme fraiche. A liitle nutmeg is good too, but some don't care for it.

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Anne58 Tue 13-Nov-12 17:40:26

When making cauliflower cheese, lasagne etc, I always make my own sauce, just thought I might cheat this time!

MiceElf , when making home made mushroom soup, (which I do quite often and Mr P couldn't believe how far removed it is from tinned or packet!) I always add grated nutmeg.

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gracesmum Tue 13-Nov-12 17:41:33

I agree with both of the above, but miceElf forgot to say pour 2 glasses of wine, cook with one and drink the other!

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Nelliemoser Tue 13-Nov-12 17:52:37

Phoenix if it doesnt work out just drink all the wine. wine

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jeni Tue 13-Nov-12 17:57:44

I put nutmeg in spaghetti bolognese as well.

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Greatnan Tue 13-Nov-12 18:00:19

I have had it, or something similar, from Morrisons near my sister's house in Manchester. It is really delicious.

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Anne58 Tue 13-Nov-12 18:02:33

Thing is, Mr P has requested it for his birthday supper on Saturday! I did point out that requesting something that he has never had before and I have never made could be deemed a tad risky...................

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MiceElf Tue 13-Nov-12 18:18:43

Gracesmum, you are so right. I just sort of assumed that as read. But really I should have made something so important really explicit.

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Anne58 Tue 13-Nov-12 18:21:07

I was actually planning on drinking the rest of the bottle, as these modern wines go off so quickly.................blush grin

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MiceElf Tue 13-Nov-12 18:21:12

Forgot to add that you need to keep puss well away...

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