Fruit Salad

2008-12-18T05:22:00.003+07:00

For the salad pictured here I used:

1 grapefruit

2 oranges

2 bananas

6 large strawberries-sliced2

nectarineshoneydew melon balls from 1/2 of a melon

Keep salad in the refrigerator covered with clear plastic wrap.

This salad should be eaten within 1 day as some of the ingredients will get mushy and brown over time.
You can serve this salad as is or dress it with a whipped topping, yogurt, or instant pudding.

Enjoy

Learn to make spaghetti carbonara

2008-12-17T22:56:00.003+07:00

Ingredients :

400g spaghetti
1 tbsp olive oil
200g smoked pancetta cubes or streaky bacon, chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
3 eggs
half a 142 ml pot double cream (71 ml)
50g Grana padano or parmesan , finely grated, plus extra to serve

Method :

1. Cook the spaghetti. Bring a large, deep pan of salted water to the boil. Plunge spaghetti into the water, stir well and cook, following pack instructions. Aim for 'al dente': cooked, but retaining some bite in the middle. Take a few strands out of the water with a spaghetti spoon or tongs 1-2 mins before the end of the cooking time and bite into it. Repeat until you think it is properly cooked.

2. Fry the pancetta. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan. When hot, tip in the pancetta or streaky bacon. Fry over a medium heat until the fat in the meat has melted down into the pan and the meat has turned lightly golden. Be careful not to crisp the pancetta too much; it will be cooked a little bit more later on in the recipe. Remove from the heat and set aside.

3. Prepare the sauce. Crack 2 of the 4 eggs into a mixing bowl. Separate the yolk from the third egg: gently crack the side of the shell and, using both hands, slowly open it into two halves over a separate bowl - you want to keep the yolk in one of the halves. Tip the yolk from one shell half to the other and repeat until all the egg white has fallen into the bowl below, taking care not to crack the yolk on any rough shell edges. Tip the yolk in with the other eggs and beat together, along with the cream, the cheese and some seasoning.

4. Combine the dish. Add garlic to the pancetta and return frying pan to hob. Fry over high heat for 1 min or until garlic is cooked and pancetta warmed through. Meanwhile, drain spaghetti. Tip back into the hot saucepan off the heat. Pour egg mixture over pasta, followed by hot pancetta, garlic, any fat and oils. Toss quickly and thoroughly with spaghetti spoon or tongs. Mix until it has thickened to a smooth, creamy sauce. Serve with extra cheese and freshly ground pepper.

Suggestion :
Lower in fat
Omit extra egg yolk, replace double cream with low-fat crème fraîche.
Chilli chicken
Fry chunks of chicken and a finely chopped deseeded chilli with the pancetta for a meatier version with a kick.
Per serving
734 kcalories, protein 33g, carbohydrate 75g, fat 36 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 3g, salt 2.95 g

from goodfood.com

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