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Welsh inspired Pasta

Welsh inspired Pasta recipe, eat well on universal credit

Usually I try to find a translation for a bit of humour. But The Welsh have not adopted the word ‘Pasta’ at all it seems. I’d suggest ‘Pastaio’, it might work?!

Ingredients:-

400g of Chicken Fillets, cut into strips
1 Leek the while part only, cut into strips
4 Small Mushrooms, finely sliced
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Jar of Cockles, drained
1 Tbsp of Capers, drained
100g of Leverbread
200ml of Milk (Lactose free for us)
3 Tbsp of ground Cashew Nuts
Spaghetti (Gluten free for us)
1 Generous hand full of Spinach
Grated Italian style Cheese, to garnish
Crispy Bacon, chopped, to garnish
Oil to fry
Salt & Pepper, to season

Method:-

(1) Fry the Bacon in a little Oil until very crispy. Remove and set aside.
(2) In the same Oil fry the Chicken until no-longer pink. Remove and set aside.
(3) Add the Leeks and Mushrooms, frying until softened.
(4) Add the Garlic and fry for a further minute or so.
(5) Season with Salt & Pepper.
(6) Stir the Ground Cashew Nuts into the Milk and add to the sauce.
(7) Allow to simmer until the sauce thickens.
(8) Cook the Pasta according to the packet instructions.
(9) Reserve some of the Pasta Water when draining.
(10) Add the Chicken back to the Sauce and stir in half of the Laverbread.
(11) Add the Pasta and likely cover with the Sauce.
(12) Stir in the Cockles, Capers and Spinach.
(13) Heat gently until the Spinach wilts.
(14) Serve, garnished with the Italian Style grated Cheese, Bacon, Cockles, Capers and the remain Laverbread.

This was a mountain of food and there was a hearty breakfast in the morning for me! Really good. Even if the Welsh haven’t yet adopted the word for ‘Pasta’…...

 

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Turkey Drummer Rissoles

Rissoles are a great way of using up precooked meat leftovers. In this case because we were looking for a recipe starting with “R” for our Recipe Alphabet gig we cooked the Turkey drumstick intentionally.

Crispy coating can be a problem for us as Sue can’t have Gluten. So the Crisps trick come into play again!

Ingredients:-

The shredded meat from a Turkey Drumstick
4 medium Potatoes, boiled and mashed
100g Cheese, grated
6 heads of fresh Sage, finely chopped (dried Sage would do the trick)
2 Egg, beaten for Egg wash
Flour (Gluten free in our case)
1 large bag of Cheese and Onion Crisps, smashed up
Salt & Pepper
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) In a bowl thoroughly mix the shredded meat, mashed Potato, grated Cheese and Sage.
(2) Season to taste.
(3) Form into mini-burger shaped discs about 1cm think.
(4) Dredge in Flour.
(5) Coat on both sides with Egg wash.
(6) Coat with smashed Crisps.
(7) Fry on both side in a little Oil until golden brown and the Cheese is melting.

We actually served these on their own with a little salad as they are monumentally filling. They are also very good cold, as we’ve discovered this morning! But they would make an outstanding side dish if you made a smaller batch.

 

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