Massimo’s Beetroot Gnocchi
I am very grateful to Massimo Fenati for sharing his recipe with me. No potato in these beauties, they keep for 2 days in an airtight container in the fridge or freeze for up to 3 months and cook from…
Tomato, Chilli & Garlic Spaghetti
Serve this as a stand alone pasta dish or with Chicken Milanese. When making a dish with so few ingredients, try and buy the best you can afford. I used Mutti tinned tomatoes.
Spaghetti Amatriciana
In Italy this dish is made with Bucantini which is a spaghetti with a hole in the middle. It's not that easy to get hold of so as this is a BBC recipe and I want to make your life…
Pasta Shells with Ricotta & Chicken Meatballs
This dish can be assembled ahead of time and popped in the oven when ready to eat. If you're looking for a quick fix midweek meal or feeding a crowd, you can replace the homemade meatballs with shop bought mini…
Marinara sauce
Make a batch of this and use in pasta dishes, on top of a pizza or freeze what you don't use.
Pressure Cooker Beef Cheek Ragu
Rich meaty ragu, perfect served with rigatoni. I always make my ragu the day before to allow the flavours to develop. If you don't have a pressure cooker, it can be cooked in the oven for 3 hours.
Spaghetti Carbonara
This certainly isn't a recipe of my own invention. What I do here is give you all the tricks on how to make the perfect carbonara. Watch the video then make it for yourself. The traditional meat to use in…
Ricotta & Spinach Dumplings
Fiddly things to make and you need plenty of time but worth the effort to wow your guests with this tasty starter. Known as either Malfatti (little rolls of ricotta) or Gnudi (little balls of ricotta), the secret is allowing…