Orecchiette with a delicious broccoli sauce

A rich green pasta sauce made with fresh broccoli and enriched with butter and anchovies covers these lovely ‘little ears’ of pasta or orecchiette. We’re using Giuseppe Pasta from Italy. It is made by a family passionate about pasta and who still use bronze dies, or shaped nozzles, to extrude their pasta. This gives a rougher surface so more sauce can cling to the pasta. You can remove the butter and anchovies if you want a vegan version. You can add capers and even use stock to add more body and flavour to the sauce.

Pasta and Risotto, Main Meals, VegetarianGuest Author1 November 2022Guiseppe Pasta, Inglenook Dairy

Gnocchi with Arrigoni Taleggio and Prosciutto Sauce

This is the dish when you want comfort food and don’t really feel like cooking. You put all the ingredients for the sauce in a pot, cook it until the cheese melts into a gooey sauce then pour it over fresh gnocchi. We love hand salted Arrigoni Taleggio from the north of Italy. Made to a traditional recipe it is luscious, washed-rind cheese with an apricot-coloured rind and an aromatic interior. As it gets older, it gets those well-known ‘smelly cheese’ notes. Great for the cheese board, baguettes, and toasties - here we are mixing it with prosciutto and a little cream to make a very moreish sauce.

Pasta and Risotto, Main MealsGuest Author1 November 2022Arrigoni

Four Cheese Mac ‘n’ Cheese

Everyone’s comfort food! Here is a quick recipe for piping hot mac and cheese that is way better than anything you would find in a packet. Come into Blake Family Grocers and check out our range of local and imported cheeses. This is a great dish and an amazing crowd-pleaser.

Main Meals, Pasta and Risotto, VegetarianGuest Author1 April 2022Di Martino Pasta

Mushroom Risotto

This luxurious creamy risotto is perfect for late Autumn evenings and well into the winter months.

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