member blog: allora andiamo
allora andiamo
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Sauerkraut Country
Member since
6th Oct 2008
About
I'm 42 years young and LOVE cooking. My family is originally from Italy and my Mum was a fantastic cook. She cooked us the most wonderful dishes and I have fond memories of sitting round the dinner table with my family, eating great food that had been prepared with one very special ingredient...LOVE. This is still important to me today and I could never just throw a ready meal in the microwave and serve it up to my family. I think good food isn't about expensive ingredients or making plates look like works of art but about making food that's tasty and will make your friends and family come back for seconds :)
Oh and we tend to eat mostly Italian in our house but I will try anything and everything that looks and tastes good :) If the food i've made looks good i'll take a piccy of it too,much to the annoyance of my hubby,who will have to wait patiently whilst i take the umpteenth photo,lol.
allora andiamo's blog posts
Ragu with Shin of Beef
Wed 11 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
in this recipe, shin of beef is braised slowly in a tomato and herb sauce, then served with pasta...i was supposed to make fresh egg tagliatelle but never got round to it so i served it with dried pappardelle instead 
you can also serve the sauce on a bed of polenta if you prefer 
RECIPE > http://www.jamieoliver.com/foodwise/art … hp?id=3108
Tuna & Cannellini Bean Salad
Wed 11 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
we'll have some tonight as an antipasto and some for a quick lunch tomorrow i'll post the recipe later today 
better pic quality
http://www.twitpic.com/p3swv
RECIPE > http://www.jamieoliver.com/foodwise/art … hp?id=3106
Roasted Peppers
Tue 10 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
roasted and peeled peppers, drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with fine slivers of garlic, capers and basil we're having these tonight along with a cauliflower sformato (a kind of souffle) and a rocket salad ...yumyum 
Blueberry Muffins
Tue 10 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
i use the same basic recipe for all of my muffins (see Cranberry & Vanilla Muffins) and just add different fruits 
( i used frozen blueberries for this recipe) i usually keep the vanilla as a flavouring unless i'm making pineapple muffins, in which case i'll use cinnammon and nutmeg instead .
i also sprinkled and drizzed these ones with icing sugar
yesterday's supper- Timballo
Tue 10 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
one of my favourite baked pasta dishes 
just for a change, i used minced veal instead of beef ...not bad, but not worth the extra cost really .....nobody seemed to notice that i'd changed it 
the recipe is already on foodwise http://www.jamieoliver.com/foodwise/art … hp?id=2469
allora andiamo's foodwise posts
