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SPAGHETTI MARINARA

Today I made some spaghetti marinara style. It is an adapted recipe from a very good Italian cookbook - all the recipes I have tried so far are fantastic - and this one was easy to make and also incredibly good. Last Saturday we found small fresh squid tubes in a store nearby, and I bought 2 kilos because we haven't been able to find any for quite a few years ... They were very tender and with the rich tomato sauce, they were scrumptious 😋😋 . I grilled the fish until it was almost cooked, and then I added it to the sauce just to reheat it and finish cooking. It's super easy to make and is confort food at its best  🥰 . Ingredients 300 ml dry white wine pinch of saffron threads 1/2 kg clams (pippies) 800 g small squid tubes 300 g  prawns  2 fillets white fish 400 ml tomato passata 400 g spaghetti 4 tablespoons olive oil 3 garlic cloves, crushed 6 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 tsp chilli jam lemon wedges Method Clean the clams by scrubbing them thoroughly and scraping off...

CANNELLONI WITH ARTICHOKE FILLING - TM & TRADITIONAL METHOD

These cannelloni are just beautiful and very easy to make. They are also vegetarian and can be served as an entrée or a main meal; just add a nice green salad on the side! I use fresh lasagna sheets cut into small rectangles to roll the cannelloni, but if you prefer to use cannelloni shells, you can pipe the filling inside them. However, I have never used them, so I am not sure if they are going to work in this recipe. I also used canned artichoke hearts, it is very hard to get fresh artichokes where we live, and when they are available are very expensive. The result was fantastic, and they can be frozen easily. Just put the rolled cannelloni separately on a tray - before adding the tomato sauce on top, and when frozen they can be stored separately in a plastic bag. I also froze the tomato sauce in another container. Just get as many cannelloni as you need for an easy dinner (they can go to the oven while still frozen), add the defrosted tomato sauce on top and the only thing you will...