Showing posts with label Pasta Left Over. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pasta Left Over. Show all posts

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Risotto turn into Risotto Cakes

Enjoy your risotto left over in a different way.

Stir lightly beaten eggs, grated zucchini and cool risotto. Season with salt and pepper.

Preheat oven to 200oC. Grease muffin pan.

Half fill the muffin pan, then put a cube of mozzarella cheese on top of each. Cover with rice mixture to the top.

Bake for 30 minutes or until set.

Serve with salad.

Couscous turn into Couscous Stuffed Squid

Got couscous leftover? You can make this delicious couscous stuffed squid.

Mix couscous with finely grated lemon rind and juice of a lemon with a fork. Add finely chopped tomatoes which has been seeded and stir to combine. Season with salt and ground black pepper.

Clean the hood of whole squid. Fill each squid with couscous mixture.

Heat oil in a pan and cook filled hoods for 6 – 8 minutes, turning often, until golden on all sides.

Add finely chopped garlic to the pan and cook for 1 minute, then add white wine and sinner 2 minutes before serving

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Risotto turn into Risotto Cakes

If you have risotto left over, you can turn them into risotto cakes.

All you have to do is mixed the risotto leftover with some crumbled fetta cheese. Then shape them into risotto cakes.

Heat oil in non stick pan and cook the risotto cakes for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden.

Serve with bread and salad.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Pasta Bake turn into Quiche

If you have pasta bake left over, you can change it into an easy quiche.

For 2 cups of filling, this is what you need:
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups of milk
3 tablespoon of melted butter
1/2 cup self raising flour
1 1/2 cup grated cheese
Herbs of your choice

Whisk the eggs, milk, melted butter and flour together.
Fold in cheese and fillings.
Pour into oven proof dish and bake for 40 minutes at 180oC.
Serve with salad.

If the filling is not that much, you can always put in some stir fried chicken or fish to add the filling. Just season them according to taste when you stir fried them.