Make your pasta as flavour-packed as your sauce
At BakeryBits we are really enjoying this extraordinary artisan pasta, and it’s locally made. Meet the The South Devon Pasta Co, turning heritage grains like Einkorn and Emmer into top-rate dry pasta that tastes delicious, cooks quickly, and uses grain grown by small producers in England, crafted into pasta within 48 hours of milling. No silos of ... Read more
A simple but flavour packed seafood sauce to serve with pasta, easy to make in advance: just add the fish at the last minute. Here I’ve served it with our South Devon Pasta Company's Casarecce pasta as it holds its shape very well. If you want to add capers, anchovies or a dash of white vermouth to enhance the flavour of the fish, then do, so... it’s a recipe that is endlessly tweakable, and a ... Read more
In Italy you’d call these ‘zucchine ripiene al pesto’ but - whatever you call them - they’re delicious and one of those mainstays of Italian home-style cooking. I use the very fine Hand-made Einkorn Capellini from the South Devon Pasta Company, and find the delicacy of it swirls and fills the courgettes without any heaviness. They can be made in advance and baked in just 20-30 minutes when ... Read more
An utterly light-textured but intensely-flavoured sauce, perfect when you have beautiful, ripe tomatoes and want to show them at their best in a pasta dish where they’ll be the star, paired here with our South Devon Pasta Company handmade Einkorn Sedano Rigati. Read more
Pretty much the standard recipe for traditional Ragù alla Bolognese, though there may be a few ingredients here, or not here, that surprise you. No garlic or herbs, though do add them if you like. Milk is added to help tenderise the meat, more useful if you’re using cubed beef rather than minced. You can use half pork and beef for the meat. And everything is cooked separately before combining ... Read more
This is one utterly rich swirl of pasta coated in an intensely garlic Stilton sauce with ribbons of blanched green cabbage stirred through before serving. It’s like a posh mac’n’cheese, and great on its own or as an accompaniment for grilled vegetables or meats. A perfect way to serve our organic Linguine pasta from Mulino Marino, and easy to make, as much of it can be done ahead of time and ... Read more
