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This is a very quick pasta dish to make that tastes great and makes for a great mid week meal. My son and hubby love this dish, as do I because I can have it on the table in about 20-30 Minutes, which for me is great, when you get in late and do not want to fuss in the kitchen all night.
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Ingredients
500g Fresh tortellini (I used spinach and ricotta)
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 Small onion, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed
50ml White wine
100ml Cream
150g Ricotta
1/2 Cup Gruyere
2 Tablespoons chopped chives
1 Tablespoon parsley, finely chopped
Pepper to taste
Method
1. Boil some salted water add tortellini, cook until just soft (al dente), drain.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add onion and garlic, cook until onion softens, add wine, cook until almost evaporated, add cream, ricotta and gruyere, stir until cheese melts.
3. Stir in herbs and season with pepper, return pasta to pan, toss to coat in sauce and heat through. If sauce is a little thick just add a littl water or extra cream.
Serve immediately sprinkle with extra chives and grated Parmesan if desired.
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Just another simple yet yummy way to prepare mussels.. I have listed 2 kilos in weight of mussels and this will serve 3-4 depending on whether serving as a main or appetiser and also on appetites. My hubby and I are quite piggy and can almost polish off 2kg by ourselves. I usually serve this for the three of us as a main with some hot crusty bread and it is perfect.
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g up with the progress of my beautiful handcrafted camphor laurel chopping, cheese boards and Mezzaluna Boards. My official site is finally finished and live so to see my full collection please click here.
Ingredients
2kg Mussels, scrubbed and beards removed
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 Onion, chopped finely
3 Cloves garlic, crushed
200ml Blonde beer
11/2 Vegetable bouillon cubes
3 Teaspoons a l’Ancienne mustard
180ml Double cream
125ml Low fat cream (can use all low fat if you wish)
2 Tablespoons chopped fresh dill
2 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Salt and pepper to season
3 Teaspoons cornflour mixed with a little water
Method
1. In a large pan bring enough water to the boil for the mussels, add mussels, cover, cook for approx 5 Min’s until mussels open, discard any that don’t, Drain and set to one side. Clean pan
2. Heat oil in same large pan, add onion and garlic, cook until onion softens, add beer, stock, mustard, creams and herbs, stir to combine.
3. Bring to the boil and lower heat, add cornflour and stir until sauce thickens slightly.
4. Return mussels to the pan, stir to coat in sauce and cook until heated through.
Serve with hot crusty bread to soak up the sauce
