lasagna is a typical Italian dish, it has many variations even in the same regions there can be big differences. I’ve developed my own over the years as I like the northern style with plenty of Béchamel sauce while also liking the simple tomato based meat sauces of the southern regions. This recipe combines the [...]

Ingredients; 150g dried pasta (the smaller the pieces the better) 40g butter 2 cloves of garlic finely diced 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme, chopped Juice of half a lime Handful of grated parmesan Serves 2 Begin by preparing the pasta as per the packaging. Then when you drain the pasta get your pan back onto [...]

Ingredients; 1 x pizza base 100ml Italian tomato sauce 2 x streaky bacon, chopped into strips 1 x cooked pork sausage, chopped 5 x slices of goats cheese Small handful of freshly grated parmesan Large pinch of dried oregano Cornmeal Serves 2 This recipe is not really a breakfast pizza so much as an homage [...]

Ingredients; 225g spaghetti nero (or your favourite dried pasta) 120g of streaky bacon 1 onion Half a dried chipotle chilli 400g can of chopped tomatoes Olive oil Salt Pepper Worcestershire Sauce Some chopped parsley and freshly grated parmesan (or pecorino) for garnish Serves 3 My thanks to Kat, who mentioned this as one of her [...]

Ingredients; 2 chicken breasts 1 tablespoon pesto Romaine lettuce leaves Parmesan shavings Croutons Caesar salad dressing Chop chicken breasts into decent-size chunks. Stir in pesto until chicken is completely coated. Shallow fry chicken in a hot pan until cooked through. Roughly tear up romaine leaves and plate. Sprinkle over croutons, chicken and parmesan shavings. Drizzle [...]