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nettle pasta!
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 10:37 pm
by red
used the nettles left over from making nettle beer (my recipe has no ginger in it.. just some lemon peel which I picked out) to make
nettle spaghetti!
it worked.. and looked splendid with a nice red tomato sauce..
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 11:12 pm
by Hedgehogpie
Brilliant! Looks lovely.
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 12:19 am
by ina
Nice colour! I take it you have a pasta machine? Or did you cut them all by hand...
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:54 am
by red
yes we have a pasta machine.. with a spagetti attachment... person powered though!
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:30 am
by mrsflibble
wow, was it like spinach pasta then? it looks lovely.
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:12 am
by red
yes pretty much - tbh if you really really thought about it you could pick up something nettle flavoured about it.. but once my tomato sauce went on top.. it just tasted like pasta - nice though.
ooo I bet wild garlic pasta would be worth a go....
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:19 am
by hedgewitch
YUM!
Looks amazing and what a great idea....very resourceful too.
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:56 pm
by MrsD'ville
This looks great, and very timely as making pasta is one of those things I have up my sleeve for a half term activity. Being me there's a stupid question - at which stage and how do/would you add the nettles/wild garlic?
Thanks
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:04 pm
by red
I haven't tried wild garlic yet - but plan to!
re nettles.. they need to be cooked first and then squeezed dry, then added to the flour before the egg goes in. I did this bit in the food processor for ease..