Pasticcio di bacon e patate

Weirdly translated - Bacon and Potato Pie - cause this really isn't a pie at all! But more on that later...

Firstly I have to share this weird fact: I randomly picked a recipe - as per normal - and can you believe, it was the one and only recipe I'd ever cooked out of this book before I started "surfing"! (chocolate cake in case you're wondering!)

Anyway back to Bacon and Potato Pie... which isn't really pie! No crust, no top (as a proud Aussie, I know... pie's have tops!)

Ingredients ready to roll

In the oven

The finished product

But in saying all that this recipe was really great! With bacon, onion, butter, eggs and potato - all baked in the oven- so simple.

Now I'm really getting worried that this blog is going to get very repetitive - seems like I write: "simple fresh ingredients - great recipe!" every week! Ah well, I'm having plenty of fun making and, more importantly, eating them all!

Spezzatino di coda di rospo con riso alla curcuma

Or Monkfish Stew with Turmeric Rice.

I'm still trying to use up all my cupboard staples - so this week I picked a recipe at random but just had a quick read to check I had most of the ingredients - not really cheating! 

Ingredients ready to go

Recipe #4

In progress

The finished stew - so colourful!

Monkfish Stew - doesn't sound very appetizing at all! But yet again the simplicity of the flavours were amazing. Plus I got to drink the rest of the bottle of wine - no complaints there! Comments: I added too much turmeric so the rice was slightly spicy - but otherwise yum!