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Meatball Pasta Bake

Meatball Pasta Bake

It’s not a recipe as such today, more alone the lines of assembly instructions.

We like a Pasta Bake once in a while. We like hand pressed Meatballs. So what could possibly go wrong? I mean it’s not like Mackerel Ice-cream…. The 20% fat Minced Beef was on offer at £1.60 for 500g and the slightly higher fat content than we would generally use meant that the Meatballs were moist and tender.

So Assembly Instructions:-

(1) Grate lots of Cheese and set aside.
(2) Mix whatever Herbs you fancy with your mince and form into balls. It’s a while since we had this meal, but there will certainly have been grated Garlic ( Probably our Lacto-Fermented version ) and mixed Herb, Salt and Pepper in there somewhere.
(3) In salted water boil some Pasta (Gluten free in our case) and once tender drain and set aside.
(4) Make a Tomato based sauce. A tin of chopped Tomatoes, Tomato Puree, Salt, Pepper, Herbs etc. and simmer to reduce.
(5) Fry the Meatballs on all side to brown and then reduce the heat and turn for 20 minutes or so.
(6) Heat the oven to 180c.
(7) Add the Pasta to an oven proof dish.
(8) Artistically place the Meatballs at regular interval on the Pasta. Or just bob them in. It really isn’t supposed to be a pretty dish!
(9) Pour the Tomato sauce over the Meatballs.
(10) Add plenty of grated Cheese and place in the oven for 20 minutes.
(11) Pop to finished product under the grill for 5 minutes to brown the melted Cheese.
 

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Fusion Squid recipe

There was a 3 for 1 offer on seafood at the local supermarket a while ago. The baby Squid were part of my haul. So a very ‘Made Up’ stuffed Squid gig was created!

Ingredients:-

Stuffed Squid

Rice
Capers
The juice of a Lemon
1 Onion, finely chopped
Chorizo, finely chopped
Garlic Salt
Oil to fry
Turmeric
Olive Oil


Method:-

(1) Boil a small amount of Rice sufficient to make the major part of your stuffing. Drain and set aside to cool.
(2) Gently fry the Onion and Chorizo and add the Garlic Salt.
(3) Add mix all the ingredients except the Turmeric and Olive Oil in a bowl to create your stuffing.
(4) Stuff the Squid Bodies and use a Cocktail stick the close the open end.
(5) Mix the Turmeric and Olive Oil and brush over the outsides.
(6) Place under the grill and grill on both sides until the Squid is just cooked.

Ingredients:-

Battered Squid Heads!:-

Gram Flour
Salt & Pepper
1 Egg, beaten
Chilli Flakes

Method:-

(1) Mix the ingredients with enough water to make a stiff batter.
(2) Coat each head and deep fry until they pop up in the oil.
(3) Remove and drain on kitchen paper.

Sue made a stir-fry with Bok Choy, Red Peppers and Spring Onions. With a Tomato based sauce to drizzle and served over Rice Noodles this was a really tasty dinner. OK not everybody would want the deep fry heads staring at them, but we’re not squeamish like that!



 

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