"The Right Hon was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say ‘When!"’ PG Wodehouse, Very Good Jeeves (1930) Jeeves and the Impending Doom.
I always struggle to know what to put on the table on a Saturday evening so often fall back on that perennial favourite of spaghetti with lots of fresh vegetables served on the side. My favourite things to do with spaghetti are as follows;
- Mixed with a green pesto, grated parmesan cheese an extra drizzle of olive oil, grated black pepper and a runny poached egg on top. This is especially good with broad beans.
- Red pesto mixed with added crushed toasted walnuts (I do mine dry in a non-stick frying pan). This works nicely with watercress on the side.
- Anchovies’, garlic fried in olive oil and mixed into the pasta with parsley, lemon juice and chilli flakes. The children eat this without the chilli.
I usually buy my pesto from the lovely Natasha at Seriously Italian. They have a fantastic range including; sage, walnut, wild rocket, basil. I tried to make it myself once, first with a pestle and mortar and then in a food processor. The consistency was totally wrong and no amount of meddling could right this wrong. Definitely leaving this one to the experts for the time being!
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