http://www.liveforpizza.com Italian-inspired & influenced food and drink - pizza, pasta, wine, coffee and other nice things. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:22:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/06/walnut-pesto-recipe/ http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/06/walnut-pesto-recipe/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:01:41 +0000 Tim http://www.liveforpizza.com/?p=766 read more »]]> http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/06/walnut-pesto-recipe/feed/ 0 http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/06/basic-sourdough-bread-recipe/ http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/06/basic-sourdough-bread-recipe/#comments Sat, 01 Jun 2013 05:28:38 +0000 Tim http://www.liveforpizza.com/?p=696 sourdough starter from scratch, here’s how to make a basic but delicious sourdough bread! There’s a lot of bread recipes on the internet and most of the serious ones will give ingredient weights. It is considered important to weigh ingredients because volume measurements for flour are very inaccurate – a cup of flour can weight more or less if it is humid or dry, densely packed or loosely packed, rye vs white vs wholemeal and so on. That said the more I bake the ...read more »]]> http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/06/basic-sourdough-bread-recipe/feed/ 0 http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/06/nettle-green-pasta-dough/ http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/06/nettle-green-pasta-dough/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 15:25:41 +0000 Tim http://www.liveforpizza.com/?p=678 nettle pizza I had some blanched nettles left over, so nettle pasta seemed like the natural thing to do. I’ve used spinach to make a green pasta dough before but the nettles gave a much more vivid green colour so this is a trick worth remembering! I used the dough to make ravioli, stuffed with cheese, chard and more leftover nettles. I also made a little batch of fettucine – both dishes were lovely. And very green. Nettle Ravioli with olive oil, pepper and parmesan Ingredients 2 eggs 1 tbsp blanched nettles, very finely chopped ...read more »]]> http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/06/nettle-green-pasta-dough/feed/ 0 http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/nettle-pizza/ http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/nettle-pizza/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 09:45:38 +0000 Tim http://www.liveforpizza.com/?p=671 read more »]]> http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/nettle-pizza/feed/ 0 http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/how-to-make-quince-paste/ http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/how-to-make-quince-paste/#comments Mon, 27 May 2013 12:39:29 +0000 Tim http://www.liveforpizza.com/?p=649 read more »]]> http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/how-to-make-quince-paste/feed/ 0 http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/growing-your-own-wheat/ http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/growing-your-own-wheat/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 04:39:24 +0000 Tim http://www.liveforpizza.com/?p=644 read more »]]> http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/growing-your-own-wheat/feed/ 0 http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/cheesy-polenta-fritters/ http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/cheesy-polenta-fritters/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 13:11:57 +0000 Tim http://www.liveforpizza.com/?p=630 Artusi’s cookbook. I don’t know if I’ve got it exactly as described in the book yet but it’s a delicious late night munchie as much as a great idea for an appetiser. The recipe is as simple as a slice of cheese between 2 discs of polenta, dipped in crumbs and fried. This is a good appetiser to have up your sleeve as it is very easy to make gluten free – instead of using bread crumbs, ...read more »]]> http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/cheesy-polenta-fritters/feed/ 0 http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/how-to-make-strichetti/ http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/how-to-make-strichetti/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:29 +0000 Tim http://www.liveforpizza.com/?p=614 Science in the kitchen… and is the first of many recipes I want to try from this book. The shapes are very easy to make, and although a little time consuming the end result is worth the effort. The double loop shape is excellent for holding sauce and it feels good in the mouth, almost like a little dumpling. Interestingly all of the examples I could find described as Strichetti are in the bow tie shape rather than ...read more »]]> http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/how-to-make-strichetti/feed/ 0 http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/science-in-the-kitchen-and-the-art-of-eating-well/ http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/science-in-the-kitchen-and-the-art-of-eating-well/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:29:56 +0000 Tim http://www.liveforpizza.com/?p=609 read more »]]> http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/science-in-the-kitchen-and-the-art-of-eating-well/feed/ 0 http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/spaghetti-bolognaise/ http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/spaghetti-bolognaise/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 04:39:39 +0000 Tim http://www.liveforpizza.com/?p=578 read more »]]> http://www.liveforpizza.com/2013/05/spaghetti-bolognaise/feed/ 0