4 h. ago Rome decries ‘Italian sounding’ pasta sauces on sale in EU parliament store

Agriculture minister calls for immediate investigation over carbonara sauce containing the wrong type of cured meatItaly’s agriculture minister, Francesco Lollobrigida, has called for an immediate investigation after coming across what he claimed were jars of “Italian sounding” pasta sauce on the shelves of the European parliament’s supermarket.Lollobrigida, of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, was particularly vexed by a carbonara sauce made with “Italiaanse pancetta” – the classic Roman pasta dish is made with a different cured meat, guanciale – and a tomato sauce containing “oignons de Calabria”, or onions from Calabria. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Same sheet, different dish: how to use up excess lasagne sheets

Smash them up and put them in soup or serve with pasta sauce, says our overstocked panel of pasta pundits• Got a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.comI’ve accidentally bought too many boxes of dried lasagne sheets. How can I use them up? Jemma, by email This is sounding all too familiar to Jordon Ezra King, the man behind the A Curious Cook newsletter. “It’s funny Jemma asks this,” he says, “because I was in this exact same situation earlier this year after over-catering for a client dinner.” The first thing to say is there’s no immediate rush, he adds: “It sounds obvious, but you can keep the boxes for a long time.” Fortunately for Jemma and her shopping mishap, however, lasagne sheets are also flexible, and their shape doesn’t have to dictate what you do with them.With this in mind, soupy things are good to get on the weekly dinner rotation, be that pasta e ceci or minestrone, the latter being the go-to of choice for Mattie Taiano, chef and co-owner with Ravneet Gill of Gi...

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1 week ago Urgent tomato sauce recall over fears it could cause botulism

An urgent recall has been issued for three tomato-based pasta sauces amid fears they could pose a serious health risk due to the presence of Clostridium botulinum bacteria

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3 w. ago Brits say eating pasta without sauce is 'a crime' and if you do it you're boring

World Pasta Day has found out that even not salting the water enough is considered a heinous act by many - and it's downright wrong to add ketchup

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4 w. ago World's best pasta sauce recipe has just 3 ingredients and no garlic

The recipe, created by Italian food writer Marcella Hazan, doesn't use any of the common ingredients that transform a pasta sauce. There's no need for vinegar, wine, garlic, or herbs.

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4 w. ago Italian sauce hailed as 'world's best' uses just 3 ingredients

The late Italian chef's decades-old pasta sauce recipe requires just three ingredients and is easy to make - and it's a healthier alternative to shop-bought sauces.

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4 w. ago I tried Aldi and M&S pasta sauce to see which is best and had big issue with one

The two jars looked and tasted very different, and higher cost doesn't necessarily mean better flavour

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