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Italian Pesto Pasta

Ingredients:

450 g dried spaguetti
1 quantity Green Pesto Sauce (click here to see the recipe)

Preparing:

Cook pasta in salted water for 10 minutes.
Drain the pasta and set aside 2 tbsps of cooking water.
Mix the water with the Green Pesto Sauce.
Add to the pasta and serve.

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Béchamel Sauce

Ingredients:

300 ml milk
300 ml light cream
55 g butter
40 g all-purpose flour
3 cloves
2 bay leaves
1 onion
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Pour the milk into a pan with the bay leaves.
Press cloves into the onion, add to the milk and bring to the boil.
Remove from heat and set aside.
Strain the milk into a pitcher and rinse the pan.

Melt the butter in the pan, stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and gradually pour in the milk, stirring constantly.
Cook the sauce for 3 minutes, stirring, then pour in the cream and bring to the boil.
Remove from heat and season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.

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Lamb with Olives

Ingredients:

2 lb boned leg of lamb, cut in cubes
1 cup pitted black olives
3/4 cup dry white wine
1/3 cup olive oil
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 onion, sliced
1 red chilli, chopped finely
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Fry garlic, onion and chili in olive oil for 5 minutes.
Add the lamb meat and wine and cook for 5 more minutes.
Stir in the olives, season with salt and pepper and trasfer to a casserole.
Cook in a preheated oven (180ºC / 360ºF) for 1hour 20 minutes.

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Green Pesto Sauce

Ingredients:

50 g Parmesan cheese, grated finely
25 g pine nuts
40 fresh basil leaves
3 garlic cloves, crushed
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Process the basil leaves, garlic, pine nuts and Parmesan cheese for 30 seconds.
Add slowly the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

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Broccoli Cream Soup

Ingredients:

1 l vegetable broth
350 g broccoli
350 g potatoes, diced
1 leek, sliced
1 celery stalk, sliced
1 garlic clove minced
1 bay leaf
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Separate broccoli and cut stems thicker.
Simmer for 15 minutes stems with the leek, celery, garlic, potatoes, bay leaf and vegetable broth.
Add broccoli, let boil and cook for 5 more minutes over low heat.
Aside from heat and allow to cool.

Remove the bay leaf and liquefy soup.
Place the soup in the fire again, season with salt and pepper and serve.

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Piri-Piri Prawns (Lagostins Piripiri)

Ingredients:

750 g large prawns
4 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp piri-piri sauce
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 chilli, chopped

Preparing:

Marinate prawns with garlic, chilli and olive oil.
Wrap in foil and refrigerate for 24 hours.

Fry prawns, add piri-piri sauce and cook for 3 minutes.

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Tuna-Stuffed Tomatoes

Ingredients:

115 g canned tuna, drained
4 plum tomatoes, halved and seeded
4 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp sun-dried tomato paste
2 tbsp capers, rinsed
2 tsp lemon juice
2 egg yolks
Finely grated rind of 1 lemon
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Divide the sun-dried tomato paste among the tomato halves and spread around the inside of the skin.
Roast on a baking tray in oven at 200ºC (400ºF) for 15 minutes and leave to cool.

Process the egg yolks with lemon juice and rind until smooth.
Add the olive oil and process until it thickens.

Add tuna and capers to the previous mixture and season with salt and pepper.
Spoon the tuna mayonnaise into the tomato shells, return to the oven for 5 minutes and serve.

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Italian Espresso Coffee

Ingredients:

1 cup espresso
1 oz Sambuca (anise liqueur)

Preparation:

Stir the espresso with Sambuca.
Serve in a glass.

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Valentine’s Roasted Pork

Ingredients:

8 oz loin of pork
1 1/4 cup dry white wine
1 1/4 cup water
1 1/2 tsp finely chopped fresh fennel fronds
4 garlic cloves, sliced
4 garlic cloves
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Place
the garlic slices in a small strainer and rinse under cold water to moiten.
Spread out the fennel on a saucer and roll the garlic slices in it to coat.
Slide the garlic slices and the cloves into pockets in the pork.
Season the meat with salt and pepper.

Place the pork in a heatproof dish.
Pour in the water and wine.
Cook for 2 1/2 hours to 150ºC (300ºF).

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Valentine’s Baked Chicken with Mozzarella

Ingredients:

3 chicken breasts, half
4 pumpkins sliced
6 sliced tomatoes
300 g shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup chopped basil
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Combine pumpkin with tomatoes and olive oil.
Distribute the mixture into 6 foil pieces.

Make cuts in the chicken breasts with a knife.
Fill with mozzarella cheese and basil.
Put on the pumpkin mixture and wrap well.

Bake for 30 minutes at 180ºC (360ºF).

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