pasta & rice
Pasta or rice dishes.
Italian gnocchi from scratch
For the truly adventurous, you can make your own gnocchi, which are after all just dumplings made from potato and not disimilar to quenelles. Gnocchi are a delicious starter with tomato sauce, cheese sauce, pesto, or just butter and cheese. They would also make a mouthwatering main course if gnocchi were not so much work to prepare in large quantities.
Fettuccine in the manner of Alfredo
Fetuccine Alfredo fortissimo
The sauce is the main feature of this creamy dish. Prepare the enriched Alfredo sauce and pour it over boiled fetuccine.
Fetuccine Alfredo
First invented by the Roman chef after whom the dish is named, it consists of just pasta, parmigiano and butter.
Fresh Italian noodles
You can use fresh pasta - a must for the best dishes - or you can make it yourself. If you choose to make it, here's how...
Rice with almonds and raisins
Serve rice with almonds and raisins recipe as a side dish for an Egyptian themed dinner. White rice is often flavored with nuts and raisins to give it variety. Ghee is the cooking fat of choice for this rice dish.
Perfect rice
To prepare a simple boiled rice all you need is a medium-sized saucepan with a well fitting lid, a sieve, a fork, a teaspoon, and measuring cups. White rice is usually clean and does not need washing to remove dust or husk bits like brown rice does. This extra step rinses off excess starch and ensures that the cooked rice is not sticky.
With pasta, the sauces make the dish
Light clam pasta sauce
A light white clam sauce is perfect for those low-cal meals served with a dry Riesling.
Light pasta sauce
Planning a pasta dish that's lighter and whiter than the traditional tomato based sauces? Try this delicious crabmeat pasta sauce.