Pasta mama miaa

THANKS Thanks. Egg free pasta . (even if I can't eat yorkshire pudding)

The price of pasta in the shops is rising.

Nannan2

How do we pronounce pici ?

I’d say it like ‘ peachee’!

I've made sweet potato gnocchi. Exactly the same as standard but with sweet potatoes rather than white. They were delicious.

HousePlantQueen - it shouldn't be laggy. Poss overcooked. A good rule is to cook for at least 1 min less than it says on the packet. Should be al dente, not a soggy mess. Also, al dente much better for you, slower release of sugar. Regarding sauces, less is more. Avoid gallons of gloop. Butter, pepper and sage, my fave is anchovies melted very slowly with chilli and garlic - bigloli in salsa. Trad a Good Friday dish in Venice, but fab at any time.

Can someone tell me how to like pasta? It’s texture always reminds me of soggy or under cooked Yorkshire pud. I’ve tried fresh/dried and even top Italian restaurants but still don’t like the sliminess. Love the sauces though!

An Independent recipe from last year that I have used,Spaghetti with brown butter Brussels sprouts,sage and pancetta, absolutely delicious.

Im so sorry but for me i just couldn’t muster the strength, time or flour everywhere to make my own pasta, but i love a good homemade sauce of varying ingredients, one my all time faves is Ina Gartens ‘midnight pasta’ but i titivate it with this and that, never tomatoes though, thats for pancetta… looking forward to tomorrow dinner now ?

Marydoll

Thanks for the heads up!
I am going to have a go at making this.
pici pasta

In a lovely old fahioned hardware store in Pienza, I bought a rolling pin which cuts the strips into the right size for rolling. Perfect.

Fleurpepper

Marydoll

Thanks for the heads up!
I am going to have a go at making this.
pici pasta

In a lovely old fahioned hardware store in Pienza, I bought a rolling pin which cuts the strips into the right size for rolling. Perfect.

I bought one at the market in Rome many years ago. (along with a lot of other culinary tools!) I must fish it out!

MawtheMerrier

If I thought Stanley Tucci might also be at my local Lidl, I’d be there like a shot!

I managed to buy some guancarlii, yesterday that Stanley Tucci is always going on about. Not in an expensive London deli but in our local food hall. Funnily enough, it was made by Lishman's of Leeds that I thought were Kosher butchers. There is certainly more fat than meat I think I will have to cut it with a razor.
Italian men have certainly got that something.......if they can persuade you to eat a lot of fat.