Chicken with chirozo and a tomato tarragon and basil sauce

The wife gave this one top marks even saying it was one of the best meals I've made her.  Not bad for something I just rustled up on the spot. I used smoked paprika in the sauce with a little gastric to give it the sweet and sour tinge. The tarragon really helps the flavour and I used cherry tomatoes to add to the sweetness.

Gnocchi Mad

I went a bit mad and made far too much gnocchi. 2kg of potatoes baked in the over for 1.5 hours on a bed of salt. Its great for freezing but we spent most of Sunday evening rolling and shaping the stupid wee things.


Gnocchi with Meatballs
The great news is that the kids loved the gnocchi as well. I didn't tell them it was made with potato until afterwards but it worked. The wee soles spent ages rolling out the meatballs and actually did a really good job.

Some basics

Home made tagliatelli with tomato and basil sauce. I have adopted a new recipe for my home made pasta and what a difference. 480g '00' flour, 2tbsp olive oil, 120ml cold saffron water, 4 egg yokes, 1 egg and pinch of salt. The secret is to add the water and oil very slowly and the essential ingredient to a good tomato based sauce is add some gastric (equal weight of white wine vinegar and sugar) to give it that sweet and sour experience.

North Indian chicken curry.