Mushroom and chive tagliatelle

I picked up a recipe leaflet today at Asda and thought it looked extremely tasty. I bought the ingredients whilst there and cooked it tonight. Absolutely delicious!

10g butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion sliced
2 garlic cloves finely chopped
500g chestnut mushrooms sliced
150g baby button mushrooms
150ml white wine or cider
200ml low fat creme fraiche
3 tablespoons fresh chives chopped
350g tagliatelle
Salt and black pepper

If using dried pasta then get that on straightaway. If fresh pasta is used cook that in the final two minutes of the recipe.

Melt the oil and butter and add the onion and garlic. Cook until soft. Add the mushrooms and white wine and bring to the boil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the creme fraiche and half of the chives. Season to taste and heat through. Mix the cooked pasta with the sauce and serve immediately. Garnish with black pepper and a few long chives.

I added a good grating of parmesan cheese on top.

Macaroni Cheese made with Campbells soup

This is a recipe I have made for many years. I probably first made it when I was about 18 or 19 and now both my daughters make it.


To serve 4
8oz of macaroni
One tin of Campbells Tomato soup
One onion chopped
3-4 oz of strongish cheese (cheddar, red leicester or even the cheap ones from Asda or Sainsbury)

Method

Cook the macaroni in plenty of salted boiling water. Chop the onion and fry in a pan with a teaspoon of oil. Add the soup. Stir continuously until heated through. Add all of the cheese and stir in until melted. If the sauce is very thick then just add a splash of milk. When macaroni is cooked, strain and add to the sauce. Stir round.

You can sprinkle breadcrumbs and cheese on top and pop under a hot grill for 5 minutes if you want to.

Prawns in pasta

This is quite a spicy sauce and delicious.



450g prawns
2 tins of tomatoes
2 teaspoons of marjoram
two glasses of white wine(any will do)
2 teaspoons of chilli powder (or to taste) we like it hot
2 cloves of garlic crushed
a teaspoon of olive oil
If you are not trying to lose weight some single cream (optional)
1 teaspoon of sugar (I find this takes of the acidity of the tomatoes)
Optional some parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper to taste



Gently fry garlic in oil (make sure you dont burn it) Add wine and heat up to boiling Add chlli powder and majoram Add tins of tomatoes Cook for about 20 mins (gently simmer) Add single cream if using Add a couple of table spoons of parmesan cheese and stir in until melted Add Prawns and heat through thorougly but dont overcook Season Pour over cooked pasta with more parmesan if liked

Spaghetti with pancetta

A packet of chopped pancetta
A red chilli, chopped finely
2 cloves of garlic crushed
Chopped red pepper
Chopped red onion
Olive oil
A tin of toms S
Spaghetti enough for 4 people

Put a bit of oil in a pan and add pancetta, fry until browning nicely, add everything except tomatoes and stir until softened. Add tomatoes and simmer for about 20 mins. Meanwhile cook spaghetti. Toss altogether in pan and serve. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.