Wednesday, August 01, 2012

homemade tagliatelle

After watching a new TV programme on Italian cooking and not having enough bread to make two packed lunches, I've decided to make pasta to go with my jar of red pesto. I've followed the recipe from the programme by mixing 1 egg with 100g plain flour and a pinch of salt. The dough was kneaded until it formed a smooth dough. Then it was wrapped in clingfilm and rested for 30minutes before rolling and cutting into the shape of tagliatelli. They only took 2-3 minutes to cook in boiling salted water. Finally, drained the pasta and mix in a few spoonfuls of red pesto. It was so easy to make and I'll definitely will try to make some more soon.

lemon shortbread

I didn't have any passion fruit so I've omitted it and added a few drops of vanilla extract to make this shortbread. The first batch had to be thrown out as they were burnt, so I had to reduce the baking time for the second batch. These shortbread taste crumbly and not too sweet.



Recipe from: BBC Food