Tickle your tastebuds with meal ideas from Roald Dahl's Completely Revolting Recipe book, including this spaghetti inspired by the novel, The Twits
You will need:
2 large saucepans
food processor
2 tbsp (30ml) sunflower oil
1 onion, chopped
2 sticks of celery, chopped
(optional)
1 clove of garlic, crushed
400g tin of plum tomatoes
1 tbsp (15ml) tomato purée
1 tbsp (15ml) parsley, chopped
1 bay leaf
1 tsp (5ml) sugar
2 carrots, grated
salt and pepper
2 tsp (10ml) olive oil
50g fusilli col buco spaghetti
(curly spaghetti)
225g tricolour spaghetti
(spinach, wholewheat and
ordinary)
170g Cheddar cheese (grated)
Serves 4–5
Method:
- Heat the oil in a saucepan and sweat the onion, celery (optional) and garlic until soft.
- Add the remaining ingredients for the sauce except the carrot, bring to the boil and allow to simmer for 30 minutes.
- Remove the bay leaf and liquidize the sauce until smooth.
- Return the sauce to the saucepan, taste for seasoning and keep warm.
- Meanwhile bring a large saucepan of water to the boil, add the olive oil and salt, long spaghetti and then fusilli broken into thirds and cook until tender. Drain.
- Reheat the sauce and fold in the carrot until it is warm.
- Divide out the spaghetti on each serving plate, spoon over the sauce and garnish with the grated cheese.
In an attempt to get families all over the country cooking renowned cooker brand, Rangemaster, have collaborated with the Roald Dahl novels to promote the Revolting Recipe series just in time for Roald Dahl Day, on October 13. The induction cooker, by Rangemaster, provides a safer cooking environment for children, so you can all get stuck in!
The scrumptious dishes in the book all star in Roald Dahl's famous reads, from the BFG’s The Royal Breakfast for Growing Giants, Matilda’s Bruce Bogtrotters Cake to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s Stickjaw for Talkative Parents.
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