White sauce is frequently used in continental cuisine. Here is a low calorie version of white sauce which made healthy by the use of cauliflower for creaminess and whole wheat flour instead of the refined plain flour. Enjoy using this white sauce without the guilt for making your favourites dishes like pastas and baked dishes.
Pasta is used in soups, salads or with sauces. Boiling the pasta correctly is crucial for the taste. Follow this simple recipe to boil pasta and use in various recipes.
A delicious pesto easy to make.
Pesto appears in many dishes throughout Italy, although the Basil Pesto is more popular all over. The sun-dried tomato pesto is popularly used all along the Mediterranean regions. Sun drenched tomatoes, walnuts, olive oil and garlic is the combination for this pesto. The ingredients are ground together to make a thick paste either using a mortar and pestle or in a blender. The Italians serve this pesto topped on breads or with their pasta and for piquant salad dressings. The pesto needs to be thinned down with milk and cream if it used as a pasta sauce. You can make larger quantities of this recipe and refrigerate it.
A great way to preserve tomatoes. Sun-dried tomatoes are salty, chewy and tangy in taste. They impart a sharp concentrated tomato flavour to pizza and pasta recipes. Ready-made sun-dried tomatoes are also available both dry and also preserved in olive oil. If you are using sun-dried tomatoes soaked in olive oil, you do not need to soak them in water.
Tomato sauce has become a constant kitchen companion in most modern households. It comes in handy as an accompaniment for snacks, a dip for finger foods, a flavouring for gravies, and a topping for pizzas and pastas. Here is a quick and easy way to prepare tasty and pulpy tomato sauce within 10 minutes using the microwave oven!
A basic sauce made by using plain flour, butter and milk. Easy to make but very versatile in its uses. Its used as a base for various soups, pastas, sauces and many other dishes which require a certain creaminess.