pasta, pancetta, passata (how alliterative)

And here’s what I did with the half carton of passata! I go Morris dancing on a Tuesday (yes, really – I do), and I prefer to eat at lunchtime on those days. Still not done any shopping, so … Chopped onion and garlic, softened off in olive oil. Added a packet of pancetta cubes…

cabbage with pancetta and mozzarella

We normally have this without the pancetta, but I’m trying to cut my carbs at the moment so I added some meat. I make this in a frying pan with a lid. Chop and onion and some garlic, and fry it off in olive oil. Add the pancetta (I used cubes – you could use…

reactive entertaining

Last night’s supper was already planned, insofar as I knew we needed to use up some of the veg in the fridge, and we’d been eating rice for a few days, so it was time for pasta for a change. I chopped up a fat leek, a red romano pepper, and several cloves of garlic,…

broad beans with pancetta and tuna

A bag of broad beans arrived in the veg box on Friday; we like ’em, but you don’t get many once you’ve removed them from the huge furry pods. I simmered them for about ten minutes, then drained, blanched, and put in a big bowl.  I fried off a pack of pancetta cubes and put…

three pig stew

Or, I suppose, a sort of goulash 🙂  The transfer of contents from one freezer to another has brought forth some nice things.  There’s a whole Gressingham duck defrosting for today’s Easter feast, and there was also a couple of nice pieces of belly pork, and some uncooked chorizo sausages. I skinned a piece of…

cabbage with mozzarella and pancetta

This is one of our favourite Things To Do With Cabbage – it’s incredibly quick to make, and very nice to eat. Shred half a cabbage – doesn’t matter what sort; this works with savoy, with hispi, with white, with green. Chop an onion, and a couple of cloves of garlic if you like –…