Marinara Sauce

• your choice of pasta

• garlic, chopped
• onion, chopped
• olive oil
• butter
  
• canned tomatoes (Hunt's)
• fresh seafood (calamari, prawns, fish fillets, half-shelled mussels, clams etc)
• fresh basil
• salt and pepper
• base stock (water or chicken stock)

1. Heat oil in a pan. Saute garlic and onion until tender
2. Add in mussels and/or clams. Cook 3-4 minutes.
3. Add in tomatoes and base stock. Bring to boil.
4. Add in the remaining seafood (prawns, calamari, fish fillets etc)
5. Season with salt & pepper, throw in fresh basil. Cook for another few minutes. Stir in butter.
   
6. Serve with your choice of pasta (e.g. Spaghetti, Linguine, Fettuccine etc)

Types of Pasta

Pasta anie banyak macam... a wide variety of them. Italian pasta (yang selalu tani makan atu!) can be generalize into different categories (source: The Nibble)

• Long form pasta or strand pasta. Eg spaghetti, angel hair, bucatini

• Ribbon pasta. Eg: Fettuccine, lasagne, linguine and tagliatelle

• Tubular pasta. Eg: Elbows, manicotti, penne and rigatoni

• Shaped pasta. Eg: Farfalle (bow ties), fusilli (corkscrews), ruote (wagon weels)
  

• Stuffed pasta. Eg: agnolotti, mezzelune, ravioli, tortellini and gnocchi.

L to R : Angel hair, Bucatini, Spaghetti



L to R : Lasagne, Fettucine, Linguine, Tagliatelle

L to R : Penne, Elbow, Rigatoni



L to R : Route, Fusilli, Farfalle

L to R : Tortellini, Agnolotti, Ravioli, Gnocchi

Cooking Pasta Dishes

Don't fret when cooking pasta dishes... It's super easy !!!! Learn+know the basics... once you have master the basics.. waalaaah~!! semua pasta recipe pun u boleh buat...with ease!!!

These are the basic ingredients for cooking pasta dishes..the ones which uses tomato sauce as the base e.g. bolognese, marinara, arrabiata etc

• use olive oil and a little bit of butter - it gives a very nice flavour to the dish
• garlic and onion - for the flavour as well
• tomatoes - fresh tomatoes are the best but then banyak kerja lagi kan di buat, deseed, remove the skin, stew them *arrggghh wasting time*... heheh so i opt for canned tomatoes...i use Hunt's - ada banyak 'flavour' to choose from.
• FRESH herbs the best!! if you can't find them then use dried ones. Fresh herbs are easily available at SupaSave
• top your pasta with cheese. Parmesan is the best, but cheddar pun okay jua lah

Cheesy Meatballs with Spaghetti

This recipe is to die for !!!! The first time I made this was for my habibi. His comment: "the best spaghetti he ever had... kalah canopy/capers!!!! (i dont remember which one yang ia sabut)" hehehe.... I got this from one of my fav recipe links.... :) so give it a try lah~

p/s: This is the original recipe that I got from the net but I ofcourse.. I made few adjustments when I cook this dish :)

Preparation time - 20 minutes; Cooking time - 30 minutes

Ingredients (serves 4)

• 500 g lean beef mince
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup grated tasty cheese (available only at SupaSave, cost about $9-ish/pkt)
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil (also available only at SupaSave)
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 570 g jar tomato, onion & basil chunky sauce (I recommend Hunt's canned flavoured and stewed tomatoes)
• 400 g dried spaghetti
• Basil leaves to serve
• salt & pepper to taste

Method

1. Combine mince meat, egg, cheese, onion and basil. Season and roll into balls
2. Heat oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Cook half the meatballs for 4-5 minutes. Remove and repeat.
3. Return the meatballs to the pan and pour over the sauce. Cover, cook over a medium heat for 20 minutes until cooked through.
4. Cook spaghetti in a large pan of boiling water, as per packet directions. Drain and place in bowl. Spoon over meatballs and sauce. Serve with basil leaves.

Notes: Adjustments that i made...

• After step 2: I sauted chopped onions and garlic before returning the meatballs to the pan
• Stir in a little bit of butter to the sauce
• Sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese for extra cheesy flavour :)
  

Spaghetti ala Brunei

• spaghetti, rebus sampai al dente then toskan
  
• minced beef, cuci bersih then toskan
  
• sausages, di potong2
  
• Raguletto or Hunt's Pasta Sauce
• minyak zaitun
• butter
• onion, diced
• garlic, minced
  
• salt, sugar and black pepper to taste
• Maggi tomato ketchup
• green pepper, pitted olive, button mushroom - chopped/sliced (optional)
• herbs (basil, oregano, marjoram)
  

1. Panaskan kuali, masukkan minyak zaitun, tumis onion and garlic.
2. Masukkan minced beef and sausages. Biar sampai masak
3. At this point, boleh masukkan green pepper, olive, mushroom etc but these ingredients are optional
   
4. Masukkan pasta sauce and tomato ketchup. Bring to a boil
5. Season with salt, sugar and black pepper + herbs
   
6. Add sedikit butter, stir and turn off the heat.
7. Ready to serve