This term with the Petits Chefs, as well as working with guest chefs, the boys get to work… with me! I love these weeks because it gives me a chance to really work with the boys closely and teach them some of my favourite recipes. This week I decided to show them one of my favourite recent Jamie Oliver recipes – a twist on carbonara pasta with a different way to make pesto – both very useful techniques!
As the boys will tell you, any good dish starts with bacon…
We learned to steam peas…
We made pesto with Parmesan…
Some toasted pumpkin seeds (we can’t use almonds)
And, because I couldn’t find fresh basil anywhere at the last minute, we used some fabulous dried leaves (so fragrant)
We blitzed this up with some lemon juice to make a beautifully fresh pesto…
The peas were added to this and pulsed a few times (not to a purée, it still has For the “cream” sauce, we used Greek yoghurt and an egg…
And tossed the pasta with a little bit of the pesto and the “cream”…
And topped our plates with more pesto and a few bacon bits…
Voilà!
(my version from when I reviewed Everyday Super Food).
A healthy, colourful dish, from scratch in just under an hour – lots of great techniques learned and lots of happy tummies. I’d say that was a win!
Get the recipe for Jamie Oliver’s Skinny Carbonara with Smoky Bacon, Peas and Almonds here or in Everyday Super Food.
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This is another one of those dishes where the photographs enable you to imagine the cooking smells. Loved it.
Glad you enjoyed the pics – it’s hard to take photos when everyone’s so busy!