Post by braided-rug on Feb 25, 2008 16:47:11 GMT 10
I have one in the freezer, not being winter it is hard to know what to do with it.
Pappardelle with Bacon Hock, Peas and Spinach
1 onion
1 bacon hock
½ cup chicken stock
1 cup frozen peas
2 cups baby spinach leaves
2 sheets fresh lasagne
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 rashers bacon
Peel onion and cut into quarters. Place onion and bacon hock in a saucepan and cover with water. Simmer for one hour, replenishing water to keep the hock covered. Drain, reserving one cup of cooking liquid. Cut skin from hock and discard. Remove meat from bone. Chop meat roughly. Bring reserved cooking liquid and chicken stock to the boil. Add peas and cook for five minutes. Add spinach and cook a further minute. Cut pasta sheets into 4cm wide, long ribbon lengths. Cook pasta in a saucepan of boiling, salted water for eight minutes. Drain and drizzle with oil. Return pasta to saucepan with pea mixture and bacon hock pieces. Mix to combine. Grill bacon. Remove rind and cut bacon into 4cm pieces. Serve pasta mixture in bowls
with crisp bacon pieces.
Serves 2
www.nzww.co.nz/food/story.cfm?storyID=3647886
Pappardelle with Bacon Hock, Peas and Spinach
1 onion
1 bacon hock
½ cup chicken stock
1 cup frozen peas
2 cups baby spinach leaves
2 sheets fresh lasagne
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 rashers bacon
Peel onion and cut into quarters. Place onion and bacon hock in a saucepan and cover with water. Simmer for one hour, replenishing water to keep the hock covered. Drain, reserving one cup of cooking liquid. Cut skin from hock and discard. Remove meat from bone. Chop meat roughly. Bring reserved cooking liquid and chicken stock to the boil. Add peas and cook for five minutes. Add spinach and cook a further minute. Cut pasta sheets into 4cm wide, long ribbon lengths. Cook pasta in a saucepan of boiling, salted water for eight minutes. Drain and drizzle with oil. Return pasta to saucepan with pea mixture and bacon hock pieces. Mix to combine. Grill bacon. Remove rind and cut bacon into 4cm pieces. Serve pasta mixture in bowls
with crisp bacon pieces.
Serves 2
www.nzww.co.nz/food/story.cfm?storyID=3647886