CREAMY LEMONY PASTA WITH SAUSAGE MEATBALLS

Pasta with a creamy, lemony sauce and sausage meatballs!


Serves 4- 6

Finished product!

Ingredients: 
3 eggs
Basil
250 ml double cream
Zest of 1 Lemon
8 pork or quorn sausages
Tagliatelli (the right amount for the amount of people eating)
30 g parmesan (more if you like cheese!)

Utensils: 
Frying pan
Large pan for pasta
Cheese grater
Colander

Step 1 - start your pasta cooking in a pan of boiling water

Step 2 - peel the skin off of the sausages

Step 3 - tear of pieces of sausage and roll them into bite size balls (use your hands)

Step 4 - Put a small amount of vegetable oil in a hot frying pan and fry your meatballs, careful so they don't burn.

Step 5 -  grate the lemon zest

Step 6 - Beat the eggs

Step 7 - Grate the cheese 

Step 8 - add the cheese, cream and lemon zest to the eggs and mix it all up

Step 9 - Season with pepper

Step 10 - drain the pasta when it is cooked and immediately stir the sauce into the pasta, add the meatballs and serve.

step 11- Garnish with some chopped basil and extra parmesan

 Hope you enjoy this recipe, try adding a little lemon juice as well

See you soon, Ella x

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DAD'S FAVOURITE - JAM BUNS

JAM BUNS

 Ingredients:

16 oz self raising flour (maybe a little extra)
8 oz marg
6 oz caster sugar( a little extra for dusting)
1 large egg
a little milk 
 a cap full of vanilla extract
raspberry/ strawberry jam

Utensils: 

Wooden Spoon
Large Mixing Bowl
Baking Tray
Grease proof paper
Weighing Scales

Method:

preheat oven to 180 degrees/ gas mark 5

Step 1 - Rub flour and marg together until it looks like breadcrumbs(use your fingers if you don't mind a bit of mess)

Step 2 - beat your egg

Step 3 - Add the sugar, vanilla extract and beaten egg to the breadcrumb mixture and stir

Step 4 - add a small amount of milk and stir

(when you're done, the mixture should look like the picture below, if it is much sloppier add a little more flour, if it is much drier add a little more milk)

Step 5 - roll the dough into golf sized balls and place on a baking tray (with grease proof paper)

Step 6 - press your finger into each ball to make a small hole (don't go all the way through the dough) fill each hole with jam then sprinkle each bun with caster sugar.

Step 7 - bake for 12-15 mins 

Hope you enjoyed this recipe, these are perfect with a good cup of tea in the afternoon:)

See you soon guys, ella x

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