Hello food lovers,
We had the most amazing weather over the past week, quite unusual for this time of the year in London. This has inspired us to make simple, yet very colourful dishes using seasonal ingredients. We had a great time putting this meal together, you'd be surprised how easy it is to make. A simple rocket salad with red fruits and vegetables (pomegranate, tomatoes and radishes) and for the main course, Fettucine Alfredo with Kalamata olives and fresh basil.
Summer Salad:
Simply mix together thinly sliced radishes, cherry tomatoes and pomegranate seeds on a bed of rocket leaves. Season to your taste, balsamic vinegar and olive oil works very well for this. Another alternative is a dressing I make for Fatouche (a popular Lebanese salad), which is the juice of 1/2 a lemon, 1 crushed garlic clove, 1 tsp pomegranate molasses, 3 tsp olive oil, 1/2 tsp Zaatar and 1/2 tsp sumac. Simply mix the sauce together, add salt and pepper et voila!
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| Summer Salad |
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| Fettucine Alfredo |
Alfredo sauce:
Alfredo is probably the easiest sauce you could ever make for a pasta dish but it doesn't come short on calories. So to reduce damage, I usually make it with half fat crème fraiche, a thick French style sour cream. Melt 50g of butter into a saucepan on low heat. Add 200ml of crème fraiche and stir until butter has melted. Add 80g of freshly grated Parmesan cheese and keep stirring until the sauce has slightly thickened and all the parmesan bits have melted (approx 20mins). Add salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately over pasta of your choice. Optional: add chopped Kalamata olives and fresh basil to give your dish extra flavour.
Where do you get the pomegranate molasses? Sounds delish! #needtotry
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