Goose Egg Carbonara

Just a quick post as I'm very sleepy today and you'll probably read this and see lots of mistakes.

So you know the other day we went to the Farm and got lots of eggs well my ditzy blonde brain finally remembered we still hadn't eaten that bloomin goose egg! So we had it for tea last night.

Most nights I try to cook similar meals for the husband to be and I. So he'll have a bit of meat added and I'll have a bit of cheese!  Nom!

Carbonara is something that we can have together,  you just have to be a bit cleverer at the start. Cook his lardons,  mushrooms and onions separately and cook my not bacon bits in a separate pan. I'm not having any of that disgusting mushroom and onion business!  Add peas. Boil the pasta and then it's on to the egg business.

The egg business... normally it's an egg yolk each but last night it was a goose egg for two... how romantic!

So you separate the yolk from the white and put it in a jug.  Grate lots of vegetarian parmesan cheese (now available from Tesco, Sainsburys AND Morrisons!) whisk the egg yolk and gradually add the cheese. I really can't give you measurements as we do it by taste. When you have a thick paste add a small ladlefull of the pasta water to the mix. It's the starch from the pasta water that makes the sauce. Taste the mixture to see if it tastes cheesy enough. If not add some more cheese or pasta water. Add pepper if you so desire but you probably don't need salt as the cheese is quite salty already.

Pop your bacon/not bacon mix into your pre warmed pasta bowls. Drain the pasta add the egg/cheese mix to the pasta and stir, stir, stir. Before your very eyes the mixture will turn into a beautiful velvety sauce. Pour this and the pasta over your bacon mix and mix together in the bowl.

VERY IMPORTANT!  ADD GARLIC CROUTONS!  EAT AND ENJOY!

I've gone a bit shouty and even sleepier now so I'll sign off. Lots of love xBx

A kitchen covered in flour

Hello all my loverducks,
Just a quick post. Today is a new day. Start of a new life. That's what Mr Lardshow told me this morning. Yesterday was hopefully the last of the scary days and to celebrate and give me something to do to keep me from crying we made pasta again.
It was much more successful this time! Hurrah!
Fresh homemade pasta literally takes seconds to cook and tastes amazing. Suddenly your supper becomes about the pasta and not the sauce. I can't wait to make it again. Hopefully next time I won't cover the kitchen, the cats and me in flour nor will I drop half the tagliatelli in the cat food! Darn my clumsy hands.
Enjoy the pics.
Love Love xBx

Perfect Pizza!

So we made pizza and oh my giddy aunt on a donkey it was good! This is about my fourth attempt at pizza and it's getting better each time! I'm not going to write up the whole recipe, unless anyone wants it to have a go themselves. I've tried several 'Pefect Pizza Recipes' but I have to say this is Jamie Oliver's recipe and it is just fool proof.

 This dough was from the freezer, I try to make more of what I need so that if I'm having a bad day I've always got a back-up plan. Once defrosted I use semolina to stretch it out. I don't even attempt to throw the dough up in the air but I do pull it around like a wet dishcloth to make it really thin. It's amazing how elastic it is. If any holes appear I just patch them up! So once the dough is nice and thin I roll it out, as you can see I fail brilliantly at getting a perfect circle, I was attempting to do Australia last night but it's more of a wonky desert island shape!

 So once you've flopped the dough onto the tray, slather (such a good word) your homemade tomato sauce onto the dough. Again this is Jamie's sauce recipe and it is delicious. It makes the house smell like a Nonna's cucina. Yum!

 Then you just pop whatever toppings on top of the sauce. My toppings are ALWAYS cheese and more cheese and that's it, apart from a fancy smattering of basil.

 Mr Lardshow likes his toppings but as the fridge was quite bare last night he just had mushrooms (food of the devil) and ham. Oh I forgot to say before you start fannying around with the dough and sauce you need to crank your oven up to its hottest setting. Mine goes up to 250 and is very, very, steams your eyeballs when you open the door hot! So pop the pizzas in the oven, get your plates, cutlery and salad ready and within minutes the pizzas are done.

 Much quicker than phoning for a pizza and I think tastier. Plus you know what you've put in the dough, sauce and on top of the pizza and in my book that makes it healthy!

Delicious and gone in ten minutes! The best bit is having a cheeky slice to take to bed with you...now what are we going to have for tea tonight?