Foodie Friday: Summer Ham Hock and Mushroom Pasta Bake Recipe

Ingredients:

75-100g pasta per person/portion

Ham hock pieces

Handful of cumin seeds

Cheddar cheese

Pine nuts

Bread crumbs
Flour
Milk
Broccoli

Method:

1) Put water onto boil and put your choice of pasta into cook when boiling

2) Make Bechamel/cheese sauce

3) Fry mushrooms separately in a saucepan and boil the broccoli (or other veg if you wish)

4) Mix the sauce into the pasta and place in an ovenproof dish

5) Mix in the mushrooms and ham hock

6) Top with breadcrumbs, cumin seeds, pine nuts and grated cheddar

7) Brown in the oven for 10-15 minutes

Carpe Diem xx

Foodie Friday: Easy Essential Pitta Pizza Recipe in 20 minutes or less

For the first time in a couple of weeks I have to apologise for the lack of blogging for the whole of yesterday, but today I'm going to give you two posts to make up for it :). 

Ingredients:

2 wholemeal pitta breads

4 tsps sun-dried tomato puree paste

2 large ripe tomatoes

Few basil leaves

100g mozzarella

(Quantities are flexible depending on your personal taste)

Prep Time: 5-10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Method:

1) Head oven to 200C/180C/Gas Mark 6

2) Spread each pitta with 2 teaspoons of tomato puree paste

3) Top with chopped tomatoes, sliced mozzrella and basil leaves if wanted

4) Bake on a baking sheet on the top shelf of the oven for 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/518639/pitta-pizzas

Carpe Diem xx