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Have you ever tried bucatini? (At least I think it’s bucatini - it could well be maccheroncelli or perciatelli. If anyone knows the difference - check out below and let me know what you think!) It’s a long hollow pasta, kind of a cross between spaghetti and macaroni, and it’s perfect for eating with smooth sauces.

I picked up a packet of bucatini a few weeks ago, and set about making up a smooth sauce. This is from my backlog - when I constantly had a fridge full of asparagus and had just made my Scottish sausage.

Because I invented this all by myself, I’m sending it over to Lore at Culinarty for her Original Recipes event…

And because it’s pastalicious I’m sending it to Michelle at the <a href=”http://www…

Sorbet? Sorbet is a frozen dessert made from sweetened water flavored with iced fruit (typically juice or puree), chocolate, wine, and/or liqueur. The origins of sorbet can be traced to a Middle Eastern drink charbet, made of sweetened fruit juice and water. The term “sherbet” / “charbet” is derived from Turkish: ?erbat/?erbet, “sorbet”, which in turn comes from the Arabic ????? sharb?t meaning “drink(s)” or “juice. [Source] Here is an simple ‘lemon and mint sorbet’, which goes to AFAM or A Fruit A Month event - LEMON, hosted by Simple Indian Food.

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As you may have guessed from the title, this is my contribution to the monthly Tried and Tested event from Zlamushka’s Spicy Kitchen. The event showcases a different blog every month, and invites participants to create and blog one or more dishes from that blog.

The first time I took part was for Tastes Like Home - a blog that was new to me (though very familiar now!). This time, the nominated blog is What’s for Lunch, Honey? - one of the very first blogs I ever subscribed to!

It was so hard to choose what to make - in the end I narrowed it down to gnocchi with garlic sage butter (I have tried to make gnocchi several times… but consistently f…