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PASTA WITH AVOCADO SAUCE
Pasta with avocado sauce
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Make your own pasta

Place 500 g flour on a clean work surface then create a well.

Add 6 free-range to the well then carefully incorporate into the flour, with 1 T olive oil and ½ t salt, until a dough begins to form.

Knead the dough until supple, then cover with clingfilm and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Dust the work surface with some semolina flour then, using a rolling pin or pasta-rolling machine, roll out the pasta dough to your desired thickness.

Using a flower-shaped cookie-cutter, cut out flower shapes from the dough.

Place a saucepan of water over a high heat. Add a little salt then bring to the boil.

Add the pasta cutouts then cook for a few minutes, until al dente.



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Serves: 6 as a starter, 4 as main course
Prep time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
400 g thin pasta
1 perfect ripe avocado
For the sauce, blend together until smooth:
1 large ripe avocado, mashed
1/2 cup crème fraîche
1/2 cup chicken or vegetable stock
Handful of shredded basil or coriander leaves
Sea salt and milled black pepper
Basil or coriander leaves for sprinkling
Cooking instructions:

Mix the sauce with the drained hot pasta and check seasoning. If necessary, loosen with more hot stock. Add chopped or sliced avocado. Top with basil or coriander. Serve immediately.

It’s also delicious topped with hot prawns, pan-fried in olive oil flavoured with chilli and garlic. Or try it at room temperature, as a salad pasta, tossed with chunks of avo and peeled cooked small prawns.

Wine: Jordan Rhine Riesling 2003


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