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First Courses - Vegetarian


Vegan Tagliatelle al Ragu' (Bolognese Sauce)
Everything made from scratch, and everything vegan! And no, you won't know the difference, really! Like in most cases, you can make most...
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Aug 16, 20243 min read
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Ricotta & Spinach Ravioli
Nothing more satifsying than having your own home made ravioli! They can be prepared in advance and frozen of course. I'll give you the...
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Aug 15, 20245 min read
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Home made Tagliatelle
There's absolutely nothing that compares to home made freshy egg-based pasta. The Tagliatelle are the easiest type, and one of the most...
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Aug 6, 20243 min read
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Sugo "alla Norma"
This is by far my favourite sauce, I just adore aubergines (egg plant) and cannot have enough of them! It's a Sicilian sauce, and there...
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Dec 14, 20233 min read
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Il Sugo di Papa' (basic tomato sauce)
This is somewhat different than what my Dad taught me (he didn't use anchovie paste, nor chilli) but it makes for a simple, quick, and...
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Dec 12, 20231 min read
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Potato Soup
Amazingly satisfying winter first course. This is my way of using left over potato mash. it's super quick to make, and we've been given...
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Dec 12, 20231 min read
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Carrots and Lentils soup
Some of my friends are Vegan, so this works for them. As carrots and onions are sweet, and lentils hog flavours but don't release them,...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
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Pumpkin Soup
This is a new tradition here, and going forward will be the Halloween starter - and the 30th of November's. I feel it's a little Irish...
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Nov 29, 20232 min read
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Gli Strangolapreti di Zia Romana
Another recipe from the Trentino region in Italy, it has been in my aunty's family for a long time. Ingredients: 100gr bread (no hard...
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Nov 25, 20231 min read
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Gnocchi alla Romana
Although Romana was the name of my favourite aunty, "alla Romana" actually means "the way they do it in Rome". This could be both a main...
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Nov 24, 20231 min read
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Gnocchi (potato dumplings)
Fantastic first course and briliant when you have nothing else in the house but potatoes, rest assured it will be loved by everybody....
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Nov 9, 20232 min read
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Risotto ai funghi (mushroom risotto)
This risotto is my granny's recipe, Nonna Lu's, and I haven't changed it a bit, please read the referenced post as it will give you an...
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Nov 8, 20233 min read
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