Pasta with Bolognese Sauce

Pasta with Bolognese Sauce

XD bought the 320 Italian recipes cookbook couple months ago but didnt follow any recipe to make 1 yet :x so today i decide to make this cookbook into good use !!!!! Pasta with Bolognese Sauce!!

Taste good and this will be my lunch for next week XD!

Ingredients

2tbsp olive oil

1 onion, finely chopped

1 carrot, finely chopped

1 celery stick, finely chopped

1 garlic clove, crushed

12oz Minced Beef (I used ground turkey)

2/3 cup red wine

1 cup milk

140z can chopped tomatoes

1 tbsp tomato paste

Salt and pepper

1lbs pasta

Heat the oil in a large saucepan,
Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic and cook gently, stirring frequently, for about 10mins until softened. Do not allow the vegetables to color.
Add the minced beef to the pan with the vegetables and cook over a medium heat until the meat changes color , stirring constantly and breaking up any lumps with a wooden spoon.
Pour in the win.
Stir frequently until it has evaporated, then add the milk and continue cooking and stirring until this has evaporated, too.
Stir in the tomatoes and tomato paste, with salt and pepper to taste.
Shimmer the sauce uncovered, over the lowest possible heat for at least 45mins.
Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling salted water until dente.
Drain thoroughly and top into a warmed large bowl.
Pour over the sauce and toss to combine.
Garnish with basil and serve at once, with Parmesan cheese handed separately.

woooohoooo Caramel Appleeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Wahahahahah I saw that Kraft Premium Caramel Bits at 99c store XD so i bought 1 and then ask mom to buy me 5 Apppppple!!!!

The package have easy recipe on the back !

5 Medium apple, washed, well dried
1 bag KRAFT Carame Bits
2 Tbsp water

Insert one wooden pop stick (from bag of caramels) into stem end of each apple.
Cover large plate with waxed paper. ( XD I use foil)
Place caramel bits and water in medium microwaveable bowl.
Microwave on HIGH 2 min;
Stir until Caramel bits are completely melted.
Dip apples into melted caramel until evenly coated, spooning caramel over apples if necessary.
Allow excess caramel to drip off.
Scrape bottom of apples; place on prepared plate.
Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
Remove from refrigerator 15min, before serving.
Store any leftover apples in refrigerator.

I need to put it in refrigerator now!! will show u picture when I cut it XD!!!!

Lamb Shanks !!!!

Went to walmart buy pizza yesterday XD and bought 2 lamb. One is this Lamb Shank and the other one is lamb chop (Still at fridge and didnt cook yet). For the first time make XD i give myself B+++++++ Smell good! and look good! taste ... is not salty or missing some salty taste, maybe I used some low sodium broth even I added salt, the taste still not strong enf.

I will make it again! and make it A++++++ next time

Here is the recepi:

1 Lamb shanks
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
2 medium carrots, chopped
3 stalk celery, chopped
1.5 cup low sodium beef stock
1 Cup of Red wine
Seasoning - salt and pepper, rosemary, 2 bay leaf

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2 Season lamb shanks with salt and pepper. Heat an oven-proof dutch oven or casserole pan with a tight fitting cover on medium high heat on the stovetop. Sear the lamb shanks in the casserole pan on both sides until golden brown. Remove shanks to a dish.

3 Heat oil in casserole pan until hot; add onions, garlic, and vegetables and saute for 5 minutes. Add shanks, boiling stock, seasoning, and raisins. Bring to a boil.

4 Cover the casserole pan and bake in the oven for 1 1/2 or 2 hours or until shanks are tender. Remove shanks, strip meat from bones and return meat to the pan.

Linguini and Clams

Long time no cook XD
I want to cook this for long time Linguini and Clams :3 always see this recipe on all Italian cookbook XD and then tonite ! I fininally made it and it taste very good! only 1 mistake ; ; The Linguini I didnt cook very well, some still stick together ; ; but the taste is so good!
Here is the recipe


Ingredients
3 cans of chopped clams
1 cup liquid reserved from the clams
1 lb. linguini
6 cloves of garlic chopped
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Fat pinch of red pepper flakes
1 cup of dry white wine
A bunch of parsley, chopped
1 tbsp. flour
Zest from 1 lemon
Juice of 1 a lemon
2 cans of diced tomato, drained
Salt and pepper Serves 2-3.

Directions
Cook Linguini according to package.
Heat extra virgin olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add garlic and red pepper flakes and sauté 2-3 minutes.
Add clam juice, white wine and lemon juice, bring to a simmer.
Whisk in flour. Next, toss in tomatoes and clams, cook about 5-7 minutes or until tomatoes begin to break down.
Stir in lemon zest and parsley and toss with pasta....Enjoy!

Meatball Pasta

Didn't cook since last last week :3 since I was not home last weekend.
I have a lot of opened Ingredients in Refrigerators >.< some of them actually go bad and cannot be use ; ; I used all the still good one and make this lunch for myself XD (still eatting now! early lunch!!)

Recepie
Left over meatball
1 pint of cherry tomato
3/4 cup penne
7 clovers of garlic (sliced)
1 small piece of Anchovy (optional)
salt & Pepper

Halve each tomato and put it aside.

Bring a small pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain the pasta, reserving 1 cups of the pasta water.

Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Add the garlic.
Cook until the garlic little bit brown, then add the halved tomato.
Cut the Anchovy to small piece and add it to the tomato (Optional)
Add half cup of pasta water to the tomato and let it shimmer
Add salt and pepper to taste
Add the meatball to the tomato sauce
Once the Pasta is tender , add it in to the tomato sauce add more pasta water if necessary.
Top with some cheeses when serveing!

only take like 20mins XD

Enjoy!