Articles Tagged with “Cheese”
15/01/2008: Gnocchi all’Amatriciana al Forno
This is a very easy Italian-style meal of my own creation, combining gnocchi with a simplified sugo all’amatriciana. If you prefer, macaroni or another small, cut pasta could be used in place of gnocchi.
Ingredients
- 500g pack of gnocchi
- 400g tin of tomatoes
- 6 rashers of pancetta, or 4 rashers of unsmoked streaky bacon
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2–3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- a small handful of parsley, chopped
- black pepper
- 150g mozzarella
Method
Preheat an oven to 190°C.
Prepare the gnocchi according to the instructions on the packet. Drain and set aside.
Dice the pancetta or bacon and fry with the onion, garlic and chilli. When cooked through, add the tomatoes, black pepper and parsley. Simmer for ten minutes.
Stir the gnocchi into the sauce and then transfer the mixture to a large ceramic baking dish, such as one suitable for making lasagne. Pat down and flatten the surface using the back of a wooden spoon.
Scatter torn mozarella over the top of the dish and bake for 30–40 minutes.
01/09/2003: Quiche Lorraine
Leave out the bacon for a vegitarian option! This recipe is based on one by Andreas Wohr.
Ingredients
Pastry
- 200g flour
- 150g butter/margerine (not low fat!)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- salt
- 6 tablespoons water
Filling
- 250g–300g medium chedder
- 4–6 rashers smoked bacon, grilled and chopped
- 4–6 eggs
- 30g butter, melted
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2–4 mushrooms, chopped
- 125mL milk
- salt and pepper
- ground nutmeg
Method
Preheat the oven to 200°C. Mix together the flour, butter, baking power, salt and water in a bowl into a doughy pastry. Put this into a flan dish and blind bake it until
it is golden brown.
While it is cooking, stir the eggs, cheese, bacon, butter, mushrooms and milk in a second bowl until thoroughly mixed. When the shell is cooked, spoon the filling into it and smooth it down. Sprinkle it with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Place back in the oven.
The quiche will probably take between 30 and 45 minutes to cook. When done, it should be golden brown on top and set (it shouldn’t wobble too much!). A final check is to put a knife into the quiche and withdraw it - if the knife is clean, then the quiche is cooked!
31/08/2003: Chocolate Cheesecake
I found this recipe somewhere on the Internet, but I can’t remember where. All I can remember is that it’s by a guy called Glenn. I’ve changed it slightly (metricised the units, added a little more in-depth explanation).
31/08/2003: Nachos
Ingredients
- Chilli con Carne or vegitarian chilli
- 300g tortilla chips
- 150–200g grated medium chedder
- 2 chopped green chilli peppers
- 6 chopped spring onions
- 6 chopped cherry tomatos
- 3 tablespoons soured cream
- 1 tablespoon chopped chives
- Fresh corriander, torn roughly
Guacamole
- 1 large avocado
- 2 tablespoons of soured cream
- juice of half a lime (equivalent amount of lemon juice will do)
- one small tomato, chopped finely
- half a green chilli, deseeded and chopped finely
- quarter of a red onion, chopped finely
- salt
Method
Preheat an oven to 180°C.
Cover the bottom of a large casserole dish with tortilla chips (about 120g worth). Sprinkle about 80g of grated cheese over the top. Now pour on the prepared chilli, while still hot. Layer the remaining tortilla chips and cheese over the top and place in the oven for about 10 minutes.
Mash the flesh of the avocado in a bowl using a fork. Stirin soured cream, lime juice, tomato, chilli,…