Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Spaghetti recipes

Spaghetti can be prepared or cooked easily...Maybe you just need to spend around half an hour in the kitchen and you can enjoy the product of it.These are some basic and easy spaghetti recipes. Enjoy it.

Spaghetti Bolognese
100g  spaghetti
oil
salt
100+- g lean minced beef
pepper
1/4 onion(chopped)
2 button mushroom  
2  tomatoes (diced,peel)
1 teaspoon basil
2+- tbs tomato puree( depend on colour you like)
1 tsp oregano
parmesan cheese
Chicken Stock /water

Procedures
1)Cook the spaghetti in a pot of boiling water for 10-12 min.
2)Add in a suitable amount of oil into a frying pan ,fry the onion until fragrant, add in minced beef and fry for 2 min with medium-high temperature.
3)Add in mushroom. Fry for a while.
4)Add in tomatoes and tomato puree.Once boiled, switch to low heat n stirfry it.For another 2 min.
5)Add in basil and oregano(can get this fresh or dried in supermarkets easily). Cook for 5 minute.
6)If the sauce is too dry, add in stock or water.Taste it by adding salt and pepper.
7)Drain the spaghetti and put it on a plate.Scoop the sauce onto the spaghetti.Finally, top it with granted parmesan cheese.  





Spaghetti Bolognese




This is just a guide for beginner.There are many ways of cooking spaghetti bolognese.So, good luck to those who try out this recipe.


Spaghetti with bacon and button mushroom cream sauce
1 tbs oil
1-2 tbs  grated Parmesan cheese
a slice of bacon( cut into smaller pieces)
2 button mushrooms
100ml cream
1tsp butter
Black pepper and salt to taste
100g spaghetti
1 tsp parsley flake
1/4 onion(chopped/fine)
1 clove of garlic(chopped/fine)
Chicken stock / water


Procedures
1)Boil the spaghetti in a pot of boiling water for 10-12 min
2)By using another pan, add in oil and fry the bacon until golden brown.
3) Add in onion and garlic, fry till fragrant.
4) Stir in button mushroom,add in butter and fry.
5)pour in cream, turn to low heat.Add in parsley flakes .
6)Pour in the cooked spaghetti into the pan and fry for a minute.At the same time, add in grated parmesan cheese.Finally, add in salt and pepper to taste.
7) If the spaghetti turns too dry, add in stock or water to dilute it.(Same time in the pan)



(Ben love this although there are no cheese in it)

Spaghetti with bacon and button mushroom cream sauce




Notes:
1)Its better to get parmesan cheese in a block than grated parmesan cheese.Its more fresh and taste better.
2)You can add in white wine in the spaghetti with bacon and button mushroom cream sauce, which will give you a whole new taste.
3)The quantity of ingredients are flexible.The recipes above are made for 1 pax.(maybe american size).

Suggestion:
1) For a healthier diet, substitute cream with milk, butter with oil.
2) Add in some vegs(bolognese: celery)(cream sauce: green pea, brocolli).

Thats all from now.Hope you can learn something from here.
Thank you

woel

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great work.


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