Jill
The Ultimate Spaghetti Carbonara
8th Mar '16This is based on the recipe given by Marcella Hazan in The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking. I have the greatest of respect for Marcella’s recipes, but she has a patronising and rather [...]
Grilled vegetable and Camembert pie
8th Mar '16This is another delicious pie on a par with the leek and mustard concoction. Eat this warm with a salad and some red wine.
Bruschetta
8th Mar '16I ate something very similar to this in an Italian restaurant in Nagano, Japan, and thought I’d try to recreate the recipe. It tastes good the day after, but I prefer to eat it straight away, [...]
Boring vegetable curry
8th Mar '16Often it’s quite late by the time I get to the supermarket. The shop is usually about to close, and the more interesting flora have invariably been borne off by keensters and other assorted [...]
Leek and pasta bake
8th Mar '16To make this go further, you can add a chopped carrot with the leeks at the beginning, and stir in a tin of red kidney beans with the chopped tomatoes.