School Holidays Cooking Program - Workshop 9

Serving: 2

Preparation time: 120 minute

Execution time: 120 minute

Workshop 9: Sauce & Comfort

Thursday  ·  July Module

 

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Entrée

Creamy Pumpkin Soup (2 pax)

Ingredients

•   300g pumpkin, peeled and diced

•   ½ onion, diced

•   1 clove garlic

•   1½ cups vegetable or chicken stock

•   2 tbsp cream

•   1 tsp butter or oil

•   Salt and pepper

•   Pinch of nutmeg (optional)

•   Crusty bread, to serve

Method

Step 1:  Heat butter and sauté the onion and garlic until soft.

Step 2:  Add the pumpkin and stock, and simmer 15–20 minutes until the pumpkin is tender.

Step 3:  Blend until smooth.

Step 4:  Stir in the cream, and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.

Step 5:  Reheat gently and serve warm with bread.

Main

Pasta Puttanesca or Bacon Carbonara (choice) (2 pax)

Ingredients

•   Puttanesca: 200g spaghetti

•   Puttanesca: 1 tbsp olive oil

•   Puttanesca: 2 cloves garlic, sliced

•   Puttanesca: 1 tin (400g) diced tomatoes

•   Puttanesca: 6–8 olives, chopped

•   Puttanesca: 1 tbsp capers

•   Puttanesca: pinch of chilli flakes (optional)

•   Puttanesca: salt and pepper, fresh parsley

•   Carbonara: 200g spaghetti

•   Carbonara: 100g bacon, diced

•   Carbonara: 2 egg yolks + 1 whole egg

•   Carbonara: ⅓ cup grated parmesan

•   Carbonara: salt and black pepper

Method

Step 1:  Puttanesca — Cook the pasta in salted boiling water until al dente, drain and reserve a little pasta water.

Step 2:  Puttanesca — Heat oil, sauté garlic until fragrant, add tomatoes, olives and capers, and simmer 8–10 minutes.

Step 3:  Puttanesca — Toss through the pasta, loosening with pasta water if needed. Season and garnish with parsley.

Step 4:  Carbonara — Cook the pasta until al dente, drain and reserve pasta water. Fry the bacon until crisp.

Step 5:  Carbonara — Whisk the eggs and parmesan together.

Step 6:  Carbonara — Off the heat, toss the hot pasta with bacon, then quickly stir in the egg mixture and a splash of pasta water until creamy (don't let it scramble). Season with pepper and serve immediately.

School Holidays Cooking Program - Workshop 9

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