food, reviews and of course coffee
So what food, drink and coffee blog posts were people reading this year? Interestingly none about coffee?
10 Trofie Pasta with fresh basil pesto, pine nuts and grated parmesan
5 Marks and Spencer’s Pork Medallions
4 Basil and pine nut margherite
The top three posts were the same top three in 2015. Well here’s to some better and more exciting posts for 2017.
It’s surprising how many different pasta shapes there are and how different they can “taste”. Some shapes work better with thick sauces, others with thinner style sauces.
Trofie pasta is quite a weird style for pasta, but I do enjoy eating it, and find it goes well with pesto.
This was a fresh Trofie pasta, a Pizza Express brand that only takes a few minutes to cook. I have bought dried Trofie before, but have been pleased with the Pizza Express fresh Trofie pasta.
I used a jar of pesto and added some toasted pine nuts. To toast pine nuts I use a heavy frying pan, add NO oil and heat on the hob. I then add the pine nuts until they are toasted, not too brown and be careful you don’t burn them.
I find pine nuts quite expensive, usually paying £2.50 for a small bag, but I really do like them in pasta with pesto. They also work well in salads.
Overall a quick and easy, but very tasty pasta dish.