Orechiette con Salsiccia

Ingredients:

• 2 Italian sausages
• 1 Can tomato sauce
• 1 Medium onion
• Half cup white wine
• 300gr Orechiette or pasta of your choice
• 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• Parmesan Cheese

Method:

1. Dice the onion, drizzle a non stick pan with olive oil and cook the onion for about 5 minutes until tender and starting to brown.
2. Put in the Italian sausage and break using a wooden spatula.  Cook until browned.
3. Pour in the wine, tomato sauce and Worcestershire sauce and simmer for about 15 minutes until sauce thickens.  Season accordingly.
4. Cook the pasta according to packet instructions.
5. Add the pasta to the sauce and serve immediately with some Parmesan cheese.

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Denci (Dentex) Fillets

Ingredients

• 1 Denci fillited
• Cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 Green bell pepper
• 1/2 Orange bell pepper
• 1 cup pitted olives
• 1 cup tomato puree (passata)
• Olive Oil
• Salt and Pepper

Method

1. Drizzle a hot non stick pan with olive oil and cook the denci fillets for about 5 minutes.
2. Toss in the chopped bell peppers and cook until softened.
3. Add the cherry tomatoes, olives and tomato puree and season to your liking
4. Let it simmer for about 15/20 minutes until you have a thick sauce.

Goes well with potato salad.

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Turkey and Veggie Pancakes

Ingredients:

For the Turkey 

• 1 Turkey Whole Leg
• 1/2 Cup flour
• Salt
• Fresh Pepper
• Crushed Chilli
• 1/2 Cup BBQ sauce
• Chicken Cube
• 1/2 cup Water
• 1 large onion

Method:

1. Split the turkey whole leg in 2 so to have a drumstick and a thigh.
2. Mix the flour with salt, pepper and crushed chillies.
3. Coat the turkey leg with the flour mix and cook in a hot pan to seal.
4. Remove the turkey leg from the pan and put in a non-stick oven dish.
5. Combine the remaining flour mix with the chicken cube, BBQ sauce, and water.  Pour this sauce over the turkey leg.
6. Cut the onion in lengthways and add to the dish.
7. Coat the oven dish with foil and cook in pre-heated oven at 175°C for 1 hour.  Remove foil and cook for another hour, basting from time to time with the sauce.

For the Veggie Pancakes:

• 1 Carrot grated
• 1 Courgette grated
• 1 Egg
• Flour
• Salt
• Pepper
• Curry

Method:

1. Mix the grated carrot and courgette with the egg, salt, pepper and some curry.
2. Combine flour until you get a thick mixture but not too dry.
3. Put a frying pan on medium heat with a little olive oil.
4. Drop a spoonful of mixture and flattten out with the back of the spoon.
5. Fry until brown and crispy.

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